Selective use of the primary literature transforms the classroom into a virtual laboratory

Genetics

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1381-1389

  Hoskins, Sally G ^a,c   Stevens, Leslie M ^b   Nehm, Ross H ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; GENETICS; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

INTERVIEWS; PERIODICALS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; TEACHING;

EID: 34547130858     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.071183     Document Type: Article

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