Improved class preparation and learning thought immediate feedback in group testing for undergraduate nursing students

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 400-404

  Peck, Susan D ^a   Werner, Joan L Stehle ^a   Raleigh, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative testing; Education evaluation research; Group testing; Learning while testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890355072     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/11-507     Document Type: Article

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