Qualitative analysis of college students' ideas about the earth: Interviews and open-ended questionnaires

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Libarkin, Julie C ^a   Anderson, Steven W ^b   Science, Julie Dahl ^c   Beilfuss, Meredith ^d   Boone, William ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Black Hill State University   (United States)

^c BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 14844361030     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-53.1.17     Document Type: Article

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