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Schizas, D., Psillos, D., & Asimopoulos, S. (2024). Advancing scientific literacy: Integrating nature of science and nature of scientific inquiry in teaching Griffith’s and Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiments. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 20(4), e2421. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/15522

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Schizas D, Psillos D, Asimopoulos S. Advancing scientific literacy: Integrating nature of science and nature of scientific inquiry in teaching Griffith’s and Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiments. INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED. 2024;20(4):e2421. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/15522

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Schizas D, Psillos D, Asimopoulos S. Advancing scientific literacy: Integrating nature of science and nature of scientific inquiry in teaching Griffith’s and Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiments. INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED. 2024;20(4), e2421. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/15522

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Schizas, Dimitrios, Dimitris Psillos, and Stefanos Asimopoulos. "Advancing scientific literacy: Integrating nature of science and nature of scientific inquiry in teaching Griffith’s and Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiments". Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education 2024 20 no. 4 (2024): e2421. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/15522

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Schizas, D., Psillos, D., and Asimopoulos, S. (2024). Advancing scientific literacy: Integrating nature of science and nature of scientific inquiry in teaching Griffith’s and Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiments. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 20(4), e2421. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/15522

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Schizas, Dimitrios et al. "Advancing scientific literacy: Integrating nature of science and nature of scientific inquiry in teaching Griffith’s and Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiments". Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, vol. 20, no. 4, 2024, e2421. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/15522