Inquiry teaching and its effects on secondary-school students' learning of Earth science concepts

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-

  Mao, Song Ling ^a   Chang, Chun Yen ^a   Barufaldi, James P ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION;

EID: 0345040260     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-46.4.363     Document Type: Article

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