Overcoming assessment problems in google earth-based assignments

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 99-105

  Johnson, Nicholas D ^a   Lang, Nicholas P ^a   Zophy, Kelley T ^b  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GANNON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EARTH SCIENCE; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING; SOFTWARE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84856207623     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3604822     Document Type: Article

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