Effectiveness of a summer experience for inspiring interest in geoscience among Hispanic-American high school students

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 596-603

  Miller, Kate C ^a   Carrick, Tina ^a   Martínez Sussmann, Carmen ^b   Levine, Roger ^b   Andronicos, Christopher L ^c   Langford, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GEOLOGY; STUDENT;

EID: 64049085914     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-55.6.596     Document Type: Article

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