Student attitudes and perceptions of an online problem-based learning case study in landscape management

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 520-523

  VanderZanden, Ann Marie ^a   Sandrock, David ^b   Kopsell, David ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Curriculum; Problem solving; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749113683     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.3.520     Document Type: Article

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