Reflecting on the history of astronomy education research to plan for the future

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 10 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 2136-2144

  Bailey, J M ^a   Prather, E E ^a   Slater, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy education

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PLANNING; SPACE RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

ASTRONOMY EDUCATION; AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS; EDUCATION RESEARCH; SUNLIGHT;

EDUCATION;

EID: 9244242567     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.01.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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