Teaching assistant professional development in biology: Designed for and driven by multidimensional data

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 212-223

  Wyse, Sara A ^a   Long, Tammy M ^b   Ebert May, Diane ^b  

^a BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; LEARNING; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

BIOLOGY; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84901837795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.13-06-0106     Document Type: Article

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