Key issues and new approaches for evaluating citizen-science learning outcomes

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 307-309

  Jordan, Rebecca C ^a   Ballard, Heidi L ^b   Phillips, Tina B ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84864567620     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/110280     Document Type: Review

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