Testing CREATE at community colleges: An examination of faculty perspectives and diverse student gains

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kenyon, Kristy L ^a   Onorato, Morgan E ^a   Gottesman, Alan J ^b   Hoque, Jamila ^b   Hoskins, Sally G ^b  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PROCEDURES; SCIENCE; STUDENT; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY; THINKING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; ENGINEERING; FACULTY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY; THINKING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84959464923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.15-07-0146     Document Type: Article

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