Using clickers in nonmajors- and majors-level biology courses: Student opinion, learning, and long-term retention of course material

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-154

  Crossgrove, Kirsten ^a   Curran, Kristen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; STUDENTS;

EID: 41949141594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.07-08-0060     Document Type: Article

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