University learning: Improve undergraduate science education

Nature

Volumn 523, Issue 7560, 2015, Pages 282-284

  Bradforth, Stephen E ^a,b   Miller, Emily R ^b   Dichtel, William R ^c   Leibovich, Adam K ^d   Feig, Andrew L ^e   Martin, James D ^f   Bjorkman, Karen S ^g   Schultz, Zachary D ^h   Smith, Tobin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Associated Universities Inc   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; SCIENCE; TEACHING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REWARD; SCIENCE; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84937598269     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/523282a     Document Type: Note

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