Enhancement of achievement and attitudes through individualized learning-style presentations of two allied health courses

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 150-156

  Miller, Joyce A ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; TEACHING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032161887     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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