Affective domain and student learning in the geosciences

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 106-110

  McConnell, David A ^a   van Der Hoeven Kraft, J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mesa Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COGNITION; EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; LEARNING; STUDENT;

EID: 84856146673     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3604828     Document Type: Article

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