Collaborative concept mapping and critical thinking in fourth-year medical students

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 833-839

  Bixler, G Michael ^a,b,c   Brown, Amy ^a,b   Way, David ^b   Ledford, Cynthia ^b   Mahan, John D ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning strategy; Concept map; Critical thinking; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT MAPPING; CRITICAL THINKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CONCEPT FORMATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943227317     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922815590223     Document Type: Article

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