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ERIC Number: EJ633562
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Aquatics, Flyers, Creepers and Terrestrials--Students' Conceptions of Animal Classification.
Kattmann, Ulrich
Journal of Biological Education, v35 n3 p141-47 Sum 2001
Students prefer to classify creatures along the criteria of habitat and locomotion (method of movement). Discusses the educational consequences for biology instruction, particularly with regard to biological taxonomy, biodiversity, and evolution. (Contains 33 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Animals, Biodiversity, Biology, Classification, Concept Formation, Habitats, Higher Education, Motion, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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