Campus-Based geographic learning: A field oriented teaching scenario

Journal of Geography

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Jennings, Steven A ^a   Huber, Thomas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio geography; Fieldwork; Geomorphology; Soils

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FIELDWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEARNING; TEACHING;

EID: 0346335435     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221340308978546     Document Type: Article

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