Directing students to profound open-book test preparation: The relationship between deep learning and open-book test time

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Heijne Penninga, M ^a   Kuks, J B M ^a   Hofman, W H A ^a   Cohen Schotanus, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650785578     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.530315     Document Type: Article

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