Assessing environmental understanding: an application of the concept mapping strategy

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 519-536

  Andrews, Kristen E ^a   Tressler, Kurt D ^a   Mintzes, Joel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment, evaluation; cognition; concepts; environmental consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055097386     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802278829     Document Type: Article

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