Implementing CUREs with Cookbook-Style Laboratory Exercises in In-Person, Online, and Hybrid Formats

Erika L Doctor1, Melissa Lehman1, Cassandra S Korte1

  • 1College of Arts and Sciences, Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL 33431.

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