Medical Student Use of Online Lectures: Exam Performance, Learning Styles, Achievement Motivation and Gender

Medical Science Educator

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 222-228

  Nieder, Gary L ^a   Borges, Nicole J ^a   Pearson, John C ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; learning style; motivation; Online lectures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868385095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21568650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03341711     Document Type: Article

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