An online, interactive approach to teaching neuroscience to adolescents

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-143

  Miller, Leslie ^a   Moreno, Janette ^a   Willcockson, Irmgard ^a   Smith, Donna ^a   Mayes, Janice ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIMEDIA; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PEDAGOGICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROSCIENCES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

HARNESS;

EID: 33746773028     PISSN: '     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.05-08-0115     Document Type: Article

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