The impact of clickers in nursing education: A review of literature

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  de Gagne, Jennie C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Audience response systems; Classroom technology; Undergraduate nursing education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755172163     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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