A survey of biology students' conceptions of force in pre-service training for high school teachers

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-147

  Trumper, Ricardo ^a   Gorsky, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Science and Reasoning 2000 ^*  (Israel)

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EID: 8644237927     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0263514970150201     Document Type: Article

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