Integration of field experiences in a project-based geoscience curriculum

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 461, Issue , 2009, Pages 57-64

  Kelso, Paul R ^a   Brown, Lewis M ^a  

^a LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LAKES; STUDENTS;

ACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; AUTHENTIC CONTEXTS; COMMUNICATION SKILLS; FIELD EXPERIENCE; GEOSCIENTISTS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING; STUDENT DEVELOPMENT;

GEOLOGY;

CURRICULUM; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; STUDENT;

EID: 77951488923     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2461(06)     Document Type: Article

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