Teaching more by lecturing less

Cell Biology Education

Volumn 4, Issue WINTER, 2005, Pages 298-310

  Knight, Jennifer K ^a   Wood, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept maps; Developmental biology; Just in time teaching; Peer instruction; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORK;

ATTITUDE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EID: 28644449613     PISSN: 15367509     EISSN: 15367509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/05-06-0082     Document Type: Article

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