Teaching without exams - The challenges and benefits

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 366-372

  Tewksbury, Barbara J ^a,b  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Geology Division

Author keywords

Education by writing and speaking; Education geoscience; Education testing and evaluation; Education undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000656230     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-44.4.366     Document Type: Article

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