Collaborative testing as a learning strategy in nursing education

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 142-147

  Sandahl, Sheryl S ^a  

^a The College of St Scholastica   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collaborative learning; Collaborative testing; Group testing; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 77955481169     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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