A case study of project-based instruction in the ninth grade: a semester-long study of intertidal biodiversity

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-114

  Baumgartner, Erin ^a   Zabin, Chela J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

constructivism; field ecology; project based instruction; scientific inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952740436     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620801951640     Document Type: Article

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