Long-term attitude sustainability from a constructivist-based astronomy-for-teachers course

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 366-368

  Slater, Timothy F ^a   Safko, John L ^b   Carpenter, John R ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Education geoscience; Geoscience teacher education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION;

EID: 0033392241     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-47.4.366     Document Type: Article

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