Using literature and innovative assessments to ignite interest and cultivate critical thinking skills in an undergraduate neuroscience course

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-174

  Lynd Balta, Eileen ^a  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NEUROSCIENCES; NEW YORK; READING; TEACHING; THINKING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33746674988     PISSN: '     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.05-08-0108     Document Type: Article

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