Just-in-time teaching exercises to engage students in an introductory-level dinosaur course

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 507-514

  Guertin, Laura A ^a   Zappe, Sarah E ^b   Kim, Heeyoung ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Introductory level courses; Just in Time Teaching; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948949129     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-007-9071-5     Document Type: Article

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