Student retention of course content is improved by collaborative-group testing

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 102-108

  Cortright, Ronald N ^a   Collins, Heidi L ^b   Rodenbaugh, David W ^b   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Active learning; Cooperative learning; Peer instruction

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COLLABORATIVE GROUP TESTING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXAMINATION; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0347763542     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00041.2002     Document Type: Article

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