Learning biology by designing

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 88-92

  Janssen, Fred ^a   Waarlo, Arend Jan ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptationism; Biological education; Inquiry learning; Learning by designing; Teaching for understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912027357     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: 21576009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2010.9656199     Document Type: Article

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