Comparative analysis of knowledge gain between interpretive and fact-only presentations at an animal training session: an exploratory study.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Zoo Biology

• Publication date

  2009-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, Education

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  DOI 10.1002/zoo.20174PMID 19937701
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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