Relationships among Teachers’ Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding the Teaching of Evolution: A Case for Turkey

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2012-08-01

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Öztekin, Ceren
Akyol, Gülsüm
Sungur, Semra

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Evolution: Education and Outreach

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C. Öztekin, G. Akyol, and S. Sungur, “Relationships among Teachers’ Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding the Teaching of Evolution: A Case for Turkey,” Evolution: Education and Outreach, vol. 5, pp. 477–493, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/98920.