Student Course Performance and Collaborative Testing: A Prospective Follow-On Study

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 611-615

  Meseke, Christopher A ^a,b   Nafziger, Rita E ^c   Meseke, Jamie K ^d  

^a Academic Affairs   (United States)

^b PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^c PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^d WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Decision Making; Educational Assessment; Group Process; Teaching Methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC EDUCATION; CHIROPRACTIC STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHIROPRACTIC; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; THINKING;

EID: 54549116927     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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