Theoretical perspectives on constructing experience through alternative field-based learning environments for students with mobility impairments

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 474, Issue , 2011, Pages 11-21

  Atchison, Christopher L ^a   Feig, Anthony D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DISABILITY; LEARNING; MOBILITY; STUDENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

KENTUCKY; MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960194812     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2474(02)     Document Type: Review

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