College student conceptions of geological time and the disconnect between ordering and scale

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 413-422

  Libarkin, Julie C ^a   Kurdziel, Josepha P ^b   Anderson, Steven W ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; TIMESCALE; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

DINOSAURIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 63249116320     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-55.5.413     Document Type: Article

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