Collaborative group testing benefits high- and low-performing students

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 274-278

  Giuliodori, Mauricio J ^a   Lujan, Heidi L ^b   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Test scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149474150     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00101.2007     Document Type: Article

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