Assessing the Impact of the 4MAT Teaching Model Across Multiple Disciplines in Higher Education

College Teaching

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Nicoll Senft, Joan M ^a   Seider, Susan N ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instruction; pedagogy; teaching methods; teaching style

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015533078     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567550903245623     Document Type: Article

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