In-Class Versus At-Home Quizzes: Which is Better? A Flipped Learning Study in a Two-Site Synchronously Broadcast Organic Chemistry Course

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 157-163

  Christiansen, Michael A ^a   Lambert, Alyssia M ^b   Nadelson, Louis S ^a   Dupree, Kami M ^a   Kingsford, Trish A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative Cooperative Learning; Computer Based Learning; Constructivism; Distance Learning Self Instruction; Internet Web Based Learning; Second Year Undergraduate; Student Centered Learning; Testing Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012880460     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00370     Document Type: Article

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