A delicate balance: Integrating active learning into a large lecture course

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-367

  Walker, J D ^a   Cotner, Sehoya H ^a   Baepler, Paul M ^a   Decker, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STUDENT;

BIOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; INTERNET; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 57349139477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.08-02-0004     Document Type: Article

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