Development of an instrument to assess individual student performance in small group tutorials

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 447-455

  Ladouceur, Michael G ^a   Rideout, Elizabeth M ^a   Black, Margaret E A ^a   Crooks, Dauna L ^a,b   O'Mara, Linda M ^a   Schmuck, Mary Lou ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 14644429106     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20041001-01     Document Type: Article

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