Development of the biology card sorting task to measure conceptual expertise in biology

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 628-644

  Smith, Julia I ^a   Combs, Elijah D ^b   Nagami, Paul H ^b   Alto, Valerie M ^a   Goh, Henry G ^a   Gourdet, Muryam A A ^a   Hough, Christina M ^a   Nickell, Ashley E ^a   Peer, Adrian G ^a   Coley, John D ^c   Tanner, Kimberly D ^b  

^a Holy Names University   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

BIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; HUMANS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84889027069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.13-05-0096     Document Type: Article

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