Searching for the difference: A controlled test of just-in-time teaching for large-enrollment introductory geology courses

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-24

  Linneman, Scott ^a   Plake, Terri ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GEOLOGY;

EID: 33344463887     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: 10899995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-54.1.18     Document Type: Article

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