Calibrated peer review assignments for the earth sciences

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 328-334

  Rudd II, James A ^a   Wang, Vivian Z ^a   Cervato, Cinzia ^b   Ridky, Robert W ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; LEARNING; STUDENT;

EID: 77949596233     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3559673     Document Type: Article

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