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Peer reviewedDawson, Vaille; Schibeci, Renato – International Journal of Science Education, 2003
Surveys (n=1116) 15-year-old students from 11 Western Australian schools to determine their understanding of and attitude towards recent advances in modern biotechnology. Discusses reasons for students' over-estimation of the use of biotechnology in society. Provides a rationale for the inclusion of biotechnology, a cutting edge science, in the…
Descriptors: Biology, Biotechnology, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries
