Enhancing students' learning in problem based learning: Validation of a self-assessment scale for active learning and critical thinking

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Khoiriyah, Umatul ^a   Roberts, Chris ^b   Jorm, Christine ^b   Van Der Vleuten, C P M ^c  

^a Medical Education Unit ^*  (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; THINKING;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; THINKING;

EID: 84940207721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0422-2     Document Type: Article

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