Supporting students' cognitive understanding of geological time: A needed "revolution" in science education

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 486, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-33

  Dodick, Jeff ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; STUDENT;

EID: 84866532784     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2012.2486(05)     Document Type: Article

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