Using Inquiry and Tree-Thinking to "march Through the Animal Phyla": Teaching Introductory Comparative Biology in an Evolutionary Context

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 429-444

  Smith, James J ^a   Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative biology; Evolution; Inquiry based approach; Introductory biology; Phylogenetic analysis; Tree thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067090933     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-009-0156-x     Document Type: Article

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