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APA

Schizas, D., Psillos, D., & Papadopoulou, P. (2022). Bonding Nature of Science (NOS) and Nature of the Sciences (NOTSs) with Conceptual Knowledge: Introducing NOS and NOTSs Learning Objectives into the Teaching of ‘Homeostasis’. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 18(4), e2298. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12311

Vancouver

Schizas D, Psillos D, Papadopoulou P. Bonding Nature of Science (NOS) and Nature of the Sciences (NOTSs) with Conceptual Knowledge: Introducing NOS and NOTSs Learning Objectives into the Teaching of ‘Homeostasis’. INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED. 2022;18(4):e2298. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12311

AMA

Schizas D, Psillos D, Papadopoulou P. Bonding Nature of Science (NOS) and Nature of the Sciences (NOTSs) with Conceptual Knowledge: Introducing NOS and NOTSs Learning Objectives into the Teaching of ‘Homeostasis’. INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED. 2022;18(4), e2298. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12311

Chicago

Schizas, Dimitrios, Dimitris Psillos, and Penelope Papadopoulou. "Bonding Nature of Science (NOS) and Nature of the Sciences (NOTSs) with Conceptual Knowledge: Introducing NOS and NOTSs Learning Objectives into the Teaching of ‘Homeostasis’". Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education 2022 18 no. 4 (2022): e2298. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12311

Harvard

Schizas, D., Psillos, D., and Papadopoulou, P. (2022). Bonding Nature of Science (NOS) and Nature of the Sciences (NOTSs) with Conceptual Knowledge: Introducing NOS and NOTSs Learning Objectives into the Teaching of ‘Homeostasis’. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 18(4), e2298. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12311

MLA

Schizas, Dimitrios et al. "Bonding Nature of Science (NOS) and Nature of the Sciences (NOTSs) with Conceptual Knowledge: Introducing NOS and NOTSs Learning Objectives into the Teaching of ‘Homeostasis’". Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, vol. 18, no. 4, 2022, e2298. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12311