Neuroscience education for prekindergarten-12 teachers

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8057-8060

  Dubinsky, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EDUCATION; KINDERGARTEN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEUROSCIENCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; TEACHER;

ATTITUDE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; FACULTY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 77953739271     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2322-10.2010     Document Type: Note

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