Sixth graders conceptions of rocks in their local environments

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-377

  Ford, Danielle J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education geoscience; Education precollege; Geoscience teaching and curriculum

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY;

EID: 0344441281     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-51.4.373     Document Type: Article

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