A comprehensive faculty, staff, and student training program enhances student perceptions of a course-based research experience at a two-year institution

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 724-737

  Wolkow, Thomas D ^a   Durrenberger, Lisa T ^a   Maynard, Michael A ^a   Harrall, Kylie K ^a   Hines, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCIENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

COLORADO; FACULTY; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCIENCE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84914103019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.14-03-0056     Document Type: Article

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