Implementing peer led team learning in gateway science and mathematics courses for engineering majors

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Flores, Benjamin ^a   Becvar, James ^a   Darnell, Ann ^a   Knaust, Helmut ^a   Lopez, Jorge ^a   Tinajero, Josefina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

AMOUNT OF INTERACTION; CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT; GENERAL CHEMISTRY COURSE; INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY; ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION; PEER LED TEAM LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS;

TEACHING;

EID: 85029108340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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