Diagnostic testing of introductory geology students

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 357-363

  Cervato, Cinzia ^a   Rudd II, James A ^b   Wang, Vivian Z ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CURRICULUM; GEOLOGY; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 63249091128     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-55.5.357     Document Type: Article

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