Criticism and interpretation: Teaching the persuasive aspects of research articles

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-38

  Gillen, Christopher M ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NARRATIVE; PEDAGOGICS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; READING; SHORT SURVEY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHING;

EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; TEACHING; WRITING;

EID: 33646394088     PISSN: '     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.05-08-0101     Document Type: Short Survey

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