Students’ understanding of the emergent processes of natural selection: the need for ontological conceptual change

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Students’ understanding of the emergent processes of natural selection: the need for ontological conceptual change

The topic of natural selection presents challenges to high school students since it requires understanding of an emergent process, which is a missing schema for most students. Many interventions for teaching natural selection have limited effect in bringing about substantial ontological conceptu...

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Main Authors:	McLure, Felicity, Won, Mihye, Treagust, David
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2020
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79394

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