Teaching methods in undergraduate geoscience courses: Results of the 2004 on the cutting edge survey of U.S. faculty

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-252

  Macdonald, R Heather ^a   Manduca, Cathryn A ^b   Mogk, David W ^c   Tewksbury, Barbara J ^d  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION;

EID: 22244476756     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-53.3.237     Document Type: Article

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