TY  - JOUR
T1  - Student Understanding of Scientific Hypotheses, Theories & Laws: Exploring the influence of a non-majors college introductory Biology course
AU  - Dass, Professor Pradeep Max
AU  - Tuberty, Bridget
AU  - Windelspecht, Michael
PY  - 2011
DA  - October
JF  - International Journal Of Biology Education
PB  - Mustafa Serdar KÖKSAL
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-4990
SP  - 23
EP  - 44
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
LA  - en
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