Relationship of biomedical science content acquisition performance to students' level of PBL group interaction: Are students learning during PBL group?

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 653-664

  Romito, Laura M ^a   Eckert, George J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical sciences; Dental education; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INDIANA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 79955817433     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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