Daily mini quizzes as means for improving student performance in anatomy course

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Poljičanin, Ana ^a   Čarić, Ana ^a   Vilović, Katarina ^a   Košta, Vana ^a   Guić, Maja Marinović ^a   Aljinović, Jure ^a   Grković, Ivica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ANATOMY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 67549120071     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2009.50.55     Document Type: Article

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