Using assessments to investigate and compare the nature of learning in undergraduate science courses

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-249

  Momsen, Jennifer ^a   Offerdahl, Erika ^a   Kryjevskaia, Mila ^a   Montplaisir, Lisa ^a   Anderson, Elizabeth ^a   Grosz, Nate ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878695534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.12-08-0130     Document Type: Article

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