Redesigning a curriculum for inquiry: An ecology case study

Instructional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 721-735

  Spronken Smith, R A ^a   Walker, R ^a   Dickinson, K J M ^a   Closs, G P ^a   Lord, J M ^a   Harland, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Curriculum change; Ecology; Inquiry based learning; Undergraduate research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961156034     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-010-9150-5     Document Type: Article

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