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ERIC Number: EJ376789
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Education: Lichens in US Introductory Botany Textbooks, 1936-1986.
Rudolph, Emanuel D.
BioScience, v38 n6 p412-16 Jun 1988
This article reviews the treatment of lichens in 93 different introductory North American botany textbooks. Topics considered are questions of relationship, independent survival, reproduction, definition, and scientific name. The author reports that treatment is uneven and often includes incomplete or erroneous information which may persist through many revisions. (CW)
Descriptors: Botany, College Science, Higher Education, Science Education, Science History, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Preparation, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Book/Product Reviews; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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