Electronic vs. traditional textbook use: Dental students' perceptions and study habits

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 728-738

  Ditmyer, Marcia M ^a   Dye, Jared ^b   Guirguis, Nadim ^c   Jamison, Kyle ^a   Moody, Michael ^a   Mobley, Connie C ^a   Davenport, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Dugoni School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers in dentistry; Dental education; Dental students; E textbooks; Technology; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BOOK; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRINTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PRINTING; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862155645     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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