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Increased structure and active learning: Can we bridge the achievement gap in South African science?
South African Journal of Science | Vol 107, No 9/10 | a873 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajs.v107i9/10.873
| © 2011 John Measey
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 03 August 2011 | Published: 15 September 2011
Submitted: 03 August 2011 | Published: 15 September 2011
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John Measey, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, South AfricaAbstract
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Keywords
Active Learning; lecturing; achievement gap
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References
Haak DC, Hille Ris Lambers J, Pitre E, Freeman S. Increased structure and active learning reduce the achievement gap in Introductory Biology. Science. 2011;332:1213–1216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1204820, PMid:21636776
Freeman S, Haak D, Wenderoth MP. Increased course structure improves performance in Introductory Biology. CBE–Life Sciences Education. 2011;10:175–186. PMid:21633066, PMCid:3105924
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