The positive impact of team-based virtual microscopy on student learning in physiology and histology

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-265

  Goldberg, Harry R ^a,b   Dintzis, Renee ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Educational technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548814172     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00125.2006     Document Type: Article

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