Assessing how science faculty learning communities promote scientific teaching

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-206

  Sirum, Karen L ^a   Madigan, Dan ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty learning community; Instructional development; Science education reform; Scientific teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953336456     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20416     Document Type: Article

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