Lessons on the role of fun/playfulness from a geology undergraduate summer research program

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-120

  Jarrett, Olga S ^a   Burnley, Pamela ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; LEARNING; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

EID: 77952156629     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3534844     Document Type: Article

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