High School Biology Students' Knowledge and Certainty about Diffusion and Osmosis Concepts

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 94-101

  Odom, Arthur L ^a   Barrow, Lloyd H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 85150364763     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2007.tb17775.x     Document Type: Article

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