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Systematic data are the best way forward in studies of teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Tim Caro
Tim Caro*
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Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. tmcaro@ucdavis.edu http://wfcb.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/caro-tim/caro-lab/
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Abstract

Functionalist approaches to teaching can be used to great effect in the study of teaching in both human societies and nonhuman species.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e35
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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