Use of unsupervised online quizzes as formative assessment in a medical physiology course: Effects of incentives on student participation and performance

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Kibble, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 34548848297     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00027.2007     Document Type: Article

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