Student's conceptual understandings of science after participating in a high school marine science course

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 531-539

  Lambert, Julie ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 31344433498     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: 10899995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-53.5.531     Document Type: Article

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