Peer led team learning in introductory biology: Effects on peer leader critical thinking skills

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Snyder, Julia J ^a   Wiles, Jason R ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL THINKING; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MODEL; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PEDAGOGICS; PEER GROUP; PEER LED TEAM LEARNING MODEL; PERCEPTION; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961323363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115084     Document Type: Article

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