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Title: Increasing Undergraduate Student Knowledge about Journal Peer Review Using Outside Reading and In-Class Discussion
Peer review is an important part of the scientific publishing process that serves as a key quality control step. Learning that scientific publications go through peer review builds scientific literacy and may increase trust in published findings.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1919312
PAR ID:
10554537
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Publisher / Repository:
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Volume:
24
Issue:
1
ISSN:
1935-7877
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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