A survey of scholarly literature describing the field of bioinformatics education and bioinformatics educational research

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 607-623

  Magana, Alejandra J ^a,b   Taleyarkhan, Manaz ^a   Alvarado, Daniela Rivera ^a   Kane, Michael ^a   Springer, John ^a   Clase, Kari ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; LEARNING; UNIVERSITY;

BIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84914154660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.13-10-0193     Document Type: Article

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