Introductory biology students' conceptual models and explanations of the origin of variation

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 529-539

  Speth, Elena Bray ^a   Shaw, Neil ^b   Momsen, Jennifer ^c   Reinagel, Adam ^a   Le, Paul ^d   Taqieddin, Ranya ^a   Long, Tammy ^e  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; STUDENT; TIME;

BIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MUTATION; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907364037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.14-02-0020     Document Type: Article

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