Using assessment to evaluate and improve inquiry-based geoenvironmental science activities: Case study of a middle school watershed E. coli investigation

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 204-214

  Patterson, Lauren A ^a   Harbor, Jon ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 17744370923     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-53.2.204     Document Type: Article

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