Student-centered physiology in high schools

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-167

  Anjur, Sowmya S ^a  

^a ILLINOIS MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application to real life; High school physiology; Inquiry based learning; Scientific writing; Student transfer; Student designed experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958727863     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00076.2010     Document Type: Article

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