A project-based assessment for introductory bioinformatics course - An assessment aimed to reinforce students' ability in data analyses interpretation and integration

BioMedical Engineering and Informatics: New Development and the Future - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 832-837

  Farh, Lynn ^a   Lee, Shyan Jer ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTEGRATION; STUDENTS;

INFORMATICS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES;

TEACHING;

EID: 51649104114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BMEI.2008.160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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