The use of critical thinking skills for teaching evolution in an introductory historical geology course

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 304-308

  Rankey, Eugene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Education undergraduate; Evolution; Historical geology

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; TEACHING;

EID: 0141906750     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-51.3.304     Document Type: Article

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