Student use and pedagogical impact of a mobile learning application

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-135

  Teri, Saskia ^a   Acai, Anita ^a   Griffith, Douglas ^a   Mahmoud, Qusay ^a   Ma, David W L ^a   Newton, Genevieve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mobile application; Mobile learning; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 84896492987     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20771     Document Type: Article

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