Research on learning: Potential for improving college ecology teaching

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 533-540

  D'Avanzo, Charlene ^a  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84904305967     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2003)001[0533:ROLPFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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