Learner-centered teaching: Postsecondary strategies that promote "thinking like a professional"

Theory into Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-141

  Thompson, J ^a   Licklider, B ^a   Jungst, S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038209618     PISSN: 00405841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15430421tip4202_7     Document Type: Review

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