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APA

Mnguni, L., & Moyo, D. (2021). An Assessment of the Impact of an Animation on Biology Students’ Visualization Skills Related to Basic Concepts of Mitosis. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(8), em1997. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11116

Vancouver

Mnguni L, Moyo D. An Assessment of the Impact of an Animation on Biology Students’ Visualization Skills Related to Basic Concepts of Mitosis. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(8):em1997. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11116

AMA

Mnguni L, Moyo D. An Assessment of the Impact of an Animation on Biology Students’ Visualization Skills Related to Basic Concepts of Mitosis. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(8), em1997. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11116

Chicago

Mnguni, Lindelani, and Dudrah Moyo. "An Assessment of the Impact of an Animation on Biology Students’ Visualization Skills Related to Basic Concepts of Mitosis". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2021 17 no. 8 (2021): em1997. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11116

Harvard

Mnguni, L., and Moyo, D. (2021). An Assessment of the Impact of an Animation on Biology Students’ Visualization Skills Related to Basic Concepts of Mitosis. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(8), em1997. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11116

MLA

Mnguni, Lindelani et al. "An Assessment of the Impact of an Animation on Biology Students’ Visualization Skills Related to Basic Concepts of Mitosis". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 17, no. 8, 2021, em1997. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11116