Assessment outcome is weakly correlated with lecture attendance: Influence of learning style and use of alternative materials

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-115

  Horton, Dane M ^a   Wiederman, Steven D ^a   Saint, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Learning styles; Teaching effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864933985     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00111.2011     Document Type: Article

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