Using experiential learning in wildlife courses to improve retention, problem solving, and decision-making

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-137

  Millenbah, Kelly F ^b   Milispaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Pedagogy; Problem solving; Teaching; Wildlife education; Wildlife techniques

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0038138015     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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