Telling active learning pedagogies apart: From theory to practice

Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 144-152

  Cattaneo, Kelsey Hood ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case based; Discovery learning; Inquiry based; Problem based; Project based

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040798889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22547339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7821/naer.2017.7.237     Document Type: Article

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