"Deconstructing" scientific Research: A practical and scalable pedagogical tool to provide evidence-based science instruction

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Clark, Ira E ^a   Romero Calderón, Rafael ^a   Olson, John M ^b   Jaworski, Leslie ^b   Lopatto, David ^b   Banerjee, Utpal ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; SCIENCE; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INFORMATICS; SCIENCE; TEACHING;

EID: 73949102919     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000264     Document Type: Review

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