Student perceptions of active learning in a large cross-disciplinary classroom

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-30

  Machemer, Patricia L ^a   Crawford, Pat ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active; Collaborative; General education class; Mean difference test; Student perceptions; Student values; Traditional

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347239727     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787407074008     Document Type: Article

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