Teaching practices of the undergraduate introductory biomechanics faculty: A North American survey

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 542-558

  Garceau, Luke R ^a   Ebben, William P ^b   Knudson, Duane V ^c  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment methods; Instructional methods; kinesiology; pedagogy; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 84869156395     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2012.725764     Document Type: Article

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