Learning desert geomorphology virtually versus in the field

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-399

  Stumpf II, Richard J ^a   Douglass, John ^a   Dorn, Ronald I ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Fieldwork; Geomorphology; Physical geography; Virtual

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 54549092197     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260802221140     Document Type: Article

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