Students' geocognition of deep time, conceptualized in an informal educational setting

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-285

  Clary, Renee M ^a,b   Brzuszek, Robert F ^a,b   Wandersee, James H ^c  

^a Department of Geosciences ^*

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EARTH SCIENCE; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL TIME; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; STUDENT; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 70450169778     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3544278     Document Type: Article

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