The role of the lecturer as tutor: Doing what effective tutors do in a large lecture class

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-9

  Wood, William B ^a   Tanner, Kimberly D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 84857874299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.11-12-0110     Document Type: Article

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