Geoscience Currents 59 Quantifies Students' Attitudes toward Pursuing Geoscience

Alexandria, VA - The Geoscience Academic Provenance research series conducted by Houlton presents quantitative data in Geoscience Currents 59. Participants were asked to rate their feelings toward geoscience on a scale from 1 to 7 through a Likert-based survey. The aggregated responses illuminated the changes over time in students’ attitudes toward pursuing geoscience.

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