Essential concepts and underlying theories from physics, chemistry, and mathematics for "biochemistry and molecular biology" majors

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 302-308

  Wright, Ann ^a   Provost, Joseph ^b   Roecklein Canfield, Jennifer A ^c   Bell, Ellis ^d  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment and the design of probes for student understanding and learning; Assessment of educational activities; Curriculum assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSICS; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CURRICULUM; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84884982968     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20728     Document Type: Article

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