The Power of Inquiry as a Way of Learning

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 149-160

  Lee, Virginia S ^a  

^a Virginia S Lee and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Inquiry guided learning; Reform; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955636940     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-010-9166-4     Document Type: Review

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