Implementation of the peer-led team-learning instructional model as a stopgap measure improves student achievement for students opting out of laboratory

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Snyder, Julia J ^a   Elijah Carter, B ^a   Wiles, Jason R ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84922780160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.13-08-0168     Document Type: Article

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