Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 603-607 , October 2010

Evidence for teaching practice: The impact of clickers in a large classroom environment

,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.12.008

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 603-607 , October 2010