Earth science teachers' perceptions of an autonomous fieldwork assignment in a nationwide online paleontology course

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-155

  Clary, Renee M ^a   Wandersee, James H ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; INTERNET; PALEONTOLOGY; PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

EID: 54349091137     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-56.2.149     Document Type: Article

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