Student perspectives on curricular change: Lessons from an undergraduate lower-division biology core

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-75

  Casem, Merri Lynn ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; REVIEW; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT RECRUITMENT; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGY; CALIFORNIA; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; LEARNING; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33646424760     PISSN: '     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.05-06-0084     Document Type: Review

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