ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING LEARNING PROGRESSIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LITERACY

Learning Progressions in Science: Current Challenges and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 39-76

  Gunckel, Kristin L ^a   Mohan, Lindsey ^b   Covitt, Beth A ^c   Anderson, Charles W Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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