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APA

Bizimana, E., Mutangana, D., & Mwesigye, A. (2024). Concept mapping and cooperative mastery learning teaching strategies in lower secondary school classes: Effects on learning outcomes in photosynthesis. Agricultural and Environmental Education, 3(1), em005. https://doi.org/10.29333/agrenvedu/14294

Vancouver

Bizimana E, Mutangana D, Mwesigye A. Concept mapping and cooperative mastery learning teaching strategies in lower secondary school classes: Effects on learning outcomes in photosynthesis. Agricultural and Environmental Education. 2024;3(1):em005. https://doi.org/10.29333/agrenvedu/14294

AMA

Bizimana E, Mutangana D, Mwesigye A. Concept mapping and cooperative mastery learning teaching strategies in lower secondary school classes: Effects on learning outcomes in photosynthesis. Agricultural and Environmental Education. 2024;3(1), em005. https://doi.org/10.29333/agrenvedu/14294

Chicago

Bizimana, Emmanuel, Dieudonné Mutangana, and Adrian Mwesigye. "Concept mapping and cooperative mastery learning teaching strategies in lower secondary school classes: Effects on learning outcomes in photosynthesis". Agricultural and Environmental Education 2024 3 no. 1 (2024): em005. https://doi.org/10.29333/agrenvedu/14294

Harvard

Bizimana, E., Mutangana, D., and Mwesigye, A. (2024). Concept mapping and cooperative mastery learning teaching strategies in lower secondary school classes: Effects on learning outcomes in photosynthesis. Agricultural and Environmental Education, 3(1), em005. https://doi.org/10.29333/agrenvedu/14294

MLA

Bizimana, Emmanuel et al. "Concept mapping and cooperative mastery learning teaching strategies in lower secondary school classes: Effects on learning outcomes in photosynthesis". Agricultural and Environmental Education, vol. 3, no. 1, 2024, em005. https://doi.org/10.29333/agrenvedu/14294