Promoting student-centered active learning in lectures with a personal response system

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-71

  Gauci, Sally A ^a   Dantas, Arianne M ^a   Williams, David A ^a   Kemm, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audience response system; Higher education; Large group teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ELECTRONICS; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONICS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 65649150751     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00109.2007     Document Type: Article

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