Gender differences in learning style preferences among undergraduate physiology students

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-157

  Wehrwein, Erica A ^a   Lujan, Heidi L ^b   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Kinesthetic; Knowledge transfer; Learning modes; Medical education; Read write; VARK; Visual

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250380678     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00060.2006     Document Type: Article

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