Promoting self-directed learning using a menu of assessment options: The investment model

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 181-194

  Rangachari, P K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Inquiry based learning; Student centered learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750994304     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00001.2006     Document Type: Article

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