Natural history collections as emerging resources for innovative education

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 725-734

  Cook, Joseph A ^a   Edwards, Scott V ^b   Lacey, Eileen A ^c   Guralnick, Robert P ^d   Soltis, Pamela S ^e   Soltis, Douglas E ^e   Welch, Corey K ^c   Bell, Kayce C ^a   Galbreath, Kurt E ^f   Himes, Christopher ^g   Allen, Julie M ^h   Heath, Tracy A ^c,i   Carnaval, Ana C ^j   Cooper, Kimberly L ^k   Liu, Mark ^b   Hanken, James ^b   Ickert Bond, Stefanie ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^j CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

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Author keywords

databases; inquiry driven; museum; place based; undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905637549     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu096     Document Type: Article

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