The C.R.E.A.T.E. approach to primary literature shifts undergraduates' self-assessed ability to read and analyze journal articles, attitudes about science, and epistemological beliefs

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 368-378

  Hoskins, Sally G ^a   Lopatto, David ^b   Stevens, Leslie M ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; STUDENT;

ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIENCE; STUDENTS;

EID: 82755195147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.11-03-0027     Document Type: Article

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