Evaluation of the redesign of an undergraduate cell biology course

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-78

  McEwen, Laura April ^a   dik Harris, ^b   Schmid, Richard F ^c   Vogel, Jackie ^b   Western, Tamara ^b   Harrison, Paul ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 64549162315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.07-09-0088     Document Type: Article

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