Developing geoscience student-learning centered courses

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 515-523

  Harris, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Course planning; Geoscience education; Student learning

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GEOLOGY; LEARNING; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 0036881032     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-50.5.515     Document Type: Article

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