Effective practices in undergraduate STEM education part 1: Examining the evidence

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-161

  Labov, Jay B ^a   Singer, Susan R ^b   George, Melvin D ^c   Schweingruber, Heidi A ^a   Hilton, Margaret L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70349459672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.09-06-0038     Document Type: Article

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