Collaborative testing enhances student learning

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 37-41

  Rao, Sumangala P ^a   Collins, Heidi L ^a   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cooperative learning; Quizzes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COOPERATION; DOCUMENTATION; EXAMINATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036903769     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00032.2001     Document Type: Article

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