The effects of multimedia delivery and continual assessment on student academic performance on a level 1 undergraduate plant science module

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-10

  Sneddon, Jenny ^a   Settle, Chris ^a   Triggs, Graham ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Continual assessment; Multimedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036342224     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2001.9655788     Document Type: Article

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