Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2008

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Commenting on effective laboratory teaching in selected preparatory schools, North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Andinet Nigussie
  • Andinet Nigussie
  • Department of Physics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P. O. Box 445 Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
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Said Mohammed
  • Said Mohammed
  • Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P. O. Box 445 Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
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Endris Yimam
  • Endris Yimam
  • Department of Mathematics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P. O. Box 445 Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
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Worku Wolde
  • Worku Wolde
  • Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P. O. Box 445 Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
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Negasi Akalu
  • Negasi Akalu
  • Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P. O. Box 445 Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
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Abubekir Seid
  • Abubekir Seid
  • Department of Physics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P. O. Box 445 Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
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Genene Shiferaw
  • Genene Shiferaw
  • Department of Physics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P. O. Box 445 Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
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Tesfaye Teka
  • Tesfaye Teka
  • Department of Physics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P. O. Box 445 Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
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Solomon Mulaw
  • Solomon Mulaw
  • Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P. O. Box 445 Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 11 May 2015
  •  Accepted: 15 September 2017
  •  Published: 23 July 2018

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