Qualitative methods applied in the development of an introductory oceanography concept inventory survey

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 474, Issue , 2011, Pages 97-111

  Arthurs, Leilani ^a   Marchitto, Thomas ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURVEYS; TESTING;

CONCEPT INVENTORIES; DEVELOPMENT PHASIS; EVALUATION PHASE; QUALITATIVE METHOD; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; STUDENT LEARNING; TEST CONSTRUCTIONS; UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO;

CURRICULA;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; LEARNING; OCEANOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 79960183222     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2474(08)     Document Type: Article

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