A comparison of writing skills and test-taking skills in an environmental-geology course

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-22

  De Caprariis, Pascal Peter ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education by writing and speaking; Education testing and evaluation; Education undergraduate; Geology teaching and curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006676387     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-44.1.18     Document Type: Review

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