Science teacher professional development in climate change education informed by the next generation science standards

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 319-329

  Hestness, Emily ^a   McDonald, R Christopher ^a   Breslyn, Wayne ^a   Randy McGinnis, J ^a   Mouza, Chrystalla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change education; Learning progressions; Next Generation Science Standards; Science teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908098682     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: 21581428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/13-049.1     Document Type: Note

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