Comparing biology majors from large lecture classes with TA-facilitated laboratories to those from small lecture classes with faculty-facilitated laboratories

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 112-117

  Goodman, Barbara E ^a   Koster, Karen L ^b   Redinius, Patrick L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Active learning; Student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 22344435407     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00054.2004     Document Type: Article

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