A novel approach to teaching and understanding transformations of matter in dynamic earth systems

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-241

  Clark, Scott K ^a   Sibley, Duncan F ^a   Libarkin, Julie C ^a   Heidemann, Merle ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; LEARNING; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 70450208170     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3544274     Document Type: Article

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