Neuroscience workshops for fifth-grade school children by undergraduate students: A university-school partnership

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-136

  Foy, Judith G ^a   Feldman, Marissa ^a,b   Lin, Edward ^a,c   Mahoney, Margaret ^a   Sjoblom, Chelsea ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEUROSCIENCES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33746749977     PISSN: '     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.05-08-0107     Document Type: Article

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