Development and Validation of the Star Properties Concept Inventory

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2257-2286

  Bailey, Janelle M ^a   Johnson, Bruce ^b   Prather, Edward E ^b   Slater, Timothy F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Astronomy; College non science majors; Earth science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866870823     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2011.589869     Document Type: Article

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