A campus-wide study of STEM courses: New perspectives on teaching practices and perceptions

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 624-635

  Smith, Michelle K ^a   Vinson, Erin L ^a   Smith, Jeremy A ^b   Lewin, Justin D ^a   Stetzer, MacKenzie R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

^c University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ENGINEERING; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; SCHOOL; SCIENCE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ENGINEERING; LEARNING; MAINE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SCHOOLS; SCIENCE; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84914155172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.14-06-0108     Document Type: Article

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