Student perception of learning through a problem-based learning exercise: An exploratory study

Policing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-37

  Werth, Eric P ^a  

^a Idaho Police Officer Standards and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Police; Problem solving; Problem based learning; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349418678     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510910937094     Document Type: Article

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