Student interpretation of a global elevation map: What it is, how it was made, and what it is useful for

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 474, Issue , 2011, Pages 189-211

  Swenson, Sandra ^a   Kastens, Kim ^b  

^a Columbia University Teachers College ^*  (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA VISUALIZATION; GEOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MAP; ELEVATION MAPS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS; SCIENCE EDUCATION; TEACHING AND LEARNING; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

STUDENTS;

CURRICULUM; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; LEARNING; MAPPING; RESEARCH WORK; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; SURVEYING; TEACHING; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 79960201112     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2474(13)     Document Type: Article

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