Learning style preferences and course performance in an undergraduate physiology class

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-314

  Dobson, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender.; Physiology; Sensory modality; VARK

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549199275     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00048.2009     Document Type: Article

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