Undergraduate student attitudes and perceptions toward low- and high-level inquiry exercise physiology teaching laboratory experiences

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-205

  Henige, Kim ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Investigative laboratory; Motivation; Project laboratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958700326     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00086.2010     Document Type: Article

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