Best practice strategies for effective use of questions as a teaching tool

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Tofade, Toyin ^a   Elsner, Jamie ^a   Haines, Stuart T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Effective teaching; Pedagogy; Questioning; Teaching tool

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL THINKING; EDUCATION; EFFECTIVE TEACHING; HUMAN; INTERROGATION; LEARNING; PEDAGOGICS; REVIEW; STUDENT; TEACHING TOOL; THINKING;

CRITICAL THINKING; EFFECTIVE TEACHING; PEDAGOGY; QUESTIONING; TEACHING TOOL;

EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; STUDENTS; THINKING;

EID: 84884152838     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe777155     Document Type: Review

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