The case for a cooperative studio classroom: Teaching petrology in a different way

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-109

  Perkins, Dexter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PETROLOGY;

EID: 14844353781     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-53.1.101     Document Type: Article

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