Teaching cell biology in the large-enrollment classroom: Methods topromoteanalytical thinking and assessment of their effectiveness

Cell Biology Education

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 180-194

  Kitchen, Elizabeth ^a   Bell, John D ^a   Reeve, Suzanne ^a   Sudweeks, Richard R ^a   Bradshaw, William S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response theory; Rasch analysis; Student attitude; Student confidence; Student outcome

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; LEARNING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING; THINKING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

BIOLOGY; CELLS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; STUDENTS; TEACHING; THINKING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 3142546240     PISSN: 15367509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.02-11-0055     Document Type: Article

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