Inquiry-based undergraduate teaching in the life sciences at largeresearchuniversities: A perspective on the Boyer Commission Report

Cell Biology Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-116

  Wood, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Course transformation; Independent research; Reinvention Center

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 3042718124     PISSN: 15367509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.03-02-0004     Document Type: Review

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