Reforming and Assessing Undergraduate Science Instruction Using Collaborative Action-Based Research Teams

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 266-284

  Krockover, Gerald H ^a   Shepardson, Daniel P ^a   Adams, Paul E ^b   Eichinger, David ^a   Nakhleh, Mary ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 9344235604     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2002.tb17885.x     Document Type: Article

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