The best of both worlds: Building on the COPUS and RTOP observation protocols to easily and reliably measure various levels of reformed instructional practice

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Lund, Travis J ^a   Pilarz, Matthew ^b   Velasco, Jonathan B ^c   Chakraverty, Devasmita ^d   Rosploch, Kaitlyn ^c   Undersander, Molly ^c   Stains, Marilyne ^c  

^a OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STUDENT; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84929377873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.14-10-0168     Document Type: Article

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