Dynamics of a constructivist astronomy course for in-service teachers

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 523-528

  Slater, Timothy Frederick ^a   Carpenter, John Richard ^b,c   Safko, John Loren ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Center for Science Education ^*

Author keywords

Astronomy; Earth science teacher education; Education geoscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002604866     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/0022-1368-44.5.523     Document Type: Article

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