Assessment of the effects of student response systems on student learning and attitudes over a broad range of biology courses

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-41

  Preszler, Ralph W ^a   Dawe, Angus ^a   Shuster, Charles B ^a   Shuster, Michèle ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEW MEXICO; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33847665505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.06-09-0190     Document Type: Article

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