Strategies for Using Peer-assisted Learning Effectively in an Undergraduate Bioinformatics Course

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-33

  Shapiro, Casey ^a   Ayon, Carlos ^a   Moberg Parker, Jordan ^a   Levis Fitzgerald, Marc ^a   Sanders, Erin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annotation; Assessment; Bioinformatics; Genomics; Peer learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; STUDENT; TEACHING;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 84873812602     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20665     Document Type: Article

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