Implementing a case-based e-learning environment in a lecture-oriented anaesthesiology class: Do learning styles matter in complex problem solving over time?

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 933-947

  Choi, Ikseon ^a   Lee, Sang Joon ^a   Kang, Jeongwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDED APPROACH; CASE BASED LEARNING; CASE-BASED INSTRUCTIONS; COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING OUTCOME; LEARNING STYLE; REPEATED MEASURES; STUDENTS' LEARNING EXPERIENCES;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; E-LEARNING; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 68949144956     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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