Promoting active learning using Audience Response System in large bioscience classes

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-95

  Efstathiou, Nikolaos ^a   Bailey, Cara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active learning; Audience Response System; Bioscience; Classroom technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARKETING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82855161502     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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