GIS in the k-12 curriculum: A cautionary note

Professional Geographer

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 571-578

  Meyer, Judith W ^a,e   Butterick, Jon ^b,e   Olkin, Michael ^c,e   Zack, George ^d,e  

^a FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Granby Memorial Middle School   (United States)

^c McKesson HBOC ^*  (United States)

^d McKesson   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Gis education; K 12 teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002268206     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00194     Document Type: Article

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