How One Learns Graph-Reading Skills for Solving Biochemistry Problems

Medical education is a continuous practice. Medical students learn skills from diverse sources by repeatedly solving a variety of problems. In order to make education more effective and fruitful, it is important to understand how students learn new skills through problem-solving experience.

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