Teaching Undergraduates to think Like Scientists

College Teaching

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-14

  Caccavo, Frank ^a  

^a WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

internship; R course; research; undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055098675     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.57.1.9-14     Document Type: Article

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