Effectiveness in problem solving during geologic field examinations: Insights from analysis of GPS tracks at variable time scales

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 461, Issue , 2009, Pages 323-340

  Riggs, Eric M ^a,b   Balliet, Russell ^a   Lieder, Christopher C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STUDENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; GEOLOGIC FIELDS; IMPORTANT FEATURES; INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL; POSITION DATA; RANGE PLANNING; STUDENT SKILLS; VARIABLE TIME SCALE;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

DATA PROCESSING; EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; GPS; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; TIMESCALE; TRACKING;

EID: 77951485973     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2461(25)     Document Type: Article

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