An investigation of high school biology textbooks as sources of misconceptions and difficulties in genetics and some suggestions for teaching genetics
- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- learning
- Published by Wiley in Science Education
- Vol. 69 (5) , 707-719
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.3730690512
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