Teaching the scientific method using contemporary research topics as the basis for student-defined projects

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-149

  Mayborn, Kyle Richard ^a   Lesher, Charles Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education (by) writing and speaking; Education science; Geology teaching and curriculum; Petrology igneous and metamorphic

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GEOLOGY;

EID: 0034022233     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-48.2.145     Document Type: Article

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