Transforming undergraduate biology education for all students: An action plan for the twenty-first century

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-273

  Woodin, Terry ^a   Smith, Diane ^b   Allen, Deborah ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; STUDENT;

BIOLOGY; HUMANS; STUDENTS;

EID: 71749120381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.09-09-0063     Document Type: Article

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