Information fluency for undergraduate biology majors: Applications of inquiry-based learning in a developmental biology course

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-63

  Gehring, Kathleen M ^a   Eastman, Deborah A ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 41949123172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.07-10-0091     Document Type: Article

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