Math Bio or Biomath? Flipping the mathematical biology classroom

Letters in Biomathematics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-155

  Alan Eager, Eric ^a   Peirce, James ^a   Barlow, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

course description; flipped classroom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946561305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23737867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2014.11414476     Document Type: Article

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