Learning transferable skills in large lecture halls: Implementing a POGIL approach in biochemistry

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Bailey, Cheryl P ^a   Minderhout, Vicky ^b   Loertscher, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Cooperative collaborative education; Curriculum design development and implementation; Learning and curriculum design; Teaching and learning techniques methods and approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855963519     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20556     Document Type: Article

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