The qualitative underpinnings of quantitative concept inventory questions

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 474, Issue , 2011, Pages 37-48

  Libarkin, Julie C ^a   Ward, Emily M Geraghty ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 79960197342     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2474(04)     Document Type: Review

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