How to build a course in mathematical-biological modeling: Content and processes for knowledge and skill

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-341

  Hoskinson, Anne Marie ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRD; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; BIRDS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 77958587300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.10-03-0041     Document Type: Article

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