The effects of different learning tasks on model-building in plate tectonics: Diagramming versus explaining

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 444-455

  Gobert, Janice D ^a  

^a The Concord Consortium ^*  (United States)

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EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION;

EID: 27744603688     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: 10899995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-53.4.444     Document Type: Review

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