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Nanocourses: A Short Course Format as an Educational Tool in a Biological Sciences Graduate Curriculum
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Bentley, Anna M.; Artavanis-Tsakonas, Spyros; Stanford, Jennifer S. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2008
Traditional courses for graduate students in the biological sciences typically span a semester, are organized around the fundamental concepts of a single discipline, and are aimed at the needs of incoming students. Such courses demand significant time commitment from both faculty and course participants; thus, they are avoided by a subset of the…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Graduate Students, Minicourses, Biology