Using stories in an introductory college biology course

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 164-169

  Frisch, Jennifer Kreps ^a   Saunders, Gerald ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective learning; College biology; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549093291     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2008.9656135     Document Type: Article

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