The Relation between Time Spent on Individual Study and Academic Achievement in a Problem-Based Curriculum

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Van Den Hurk, M M ^a   Wolfhagen, H A P ^a   Dolmans, D H J M ^a   Van Der Vleuten, C P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Individual study; Medical education; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008944751     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009732511707     Document Type: Article

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