The educational potential of multimedia authoring as a part of the earth science curriculum - A case study

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1121-1153

  Orion, Nir ^a   Dubowski, Yaniv ^a   Dodick, Jeff ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0042223803     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2736(200012)37:10<1121::AID-TEA6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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