Assessing data accuracy when involving students in authentic paleontological research

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-84

  Harnik, Paul G ^a   Ross, Robert M ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Education geoscience; Education precollege; Education testing and evaluation; Historical geology; Paleoecology; Paleontology invertebrate; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; EDUCATION; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 0038393107     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-51.1.76     Document Type: Article

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