Collaborative testing improves performance but not content retention in a large-enrollment introductory biology class

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 392-401

  Leight, Hayley ^a   Saunders, Cheston ^a   Calkins, Robin ^a   Withers, Michelle ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STUDENT;

BIOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS;

EID: 84871354989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.12-04-0048     Document Type: Article

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