Inquiry-based laboratory course improves students' ability to design experiments and interpret data

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 26-33

  Myers, Marcella J ^a   Burgess, Ann B ^b  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of learning; College science instruction; Evaluation tool; Student designed experiments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0347763590     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00028.2002     Document Type: Article

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