What Can Studies of Problem-Based Learning Tell Us? Synthesizing and Modeling PBL Effects on National Board of Medical Examination Performance: Hierarchical Linear Modeling Meta-Analytic Approach

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-221

  Kalaian, Hripsime A ^a,b   Mullan, Patricia B ^a   Kasim, Rafa M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education; Hierarchical linear modeling; Medical; Meta analysis; Problem based learning; Science; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345757930     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009871001258     Document Type: Article

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