Bridging the educational research-teaching practice gap - Conceptual understanding, part 2: Assessing and developing student knowledge

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 372-379

  Schönborn, Konrad J ^a   Anderson, Trevor R ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Assessment tasks; Cognitive skills; Meaningful learning; Measuring and developing conceptual understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749108026     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20230     Document Type: Review

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