Undergraduate student satisfaction and achievement at the GetWET observatory: A fluid learning experience at Colorado State University

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Rathburn, Sara L ^a   Weinberg, Andrea E ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GROUNDWATER; LEARNING; MONITORING; OBSERVATORY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84856204474     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3543936a     Document Type: Article

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