Evaluation of factors influencing student class attendance and performance

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 499-507

  Devadoss, Stephen ^a   Foltz, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Class attendance; Class performance; Motivation; Prior GPA; Teaching skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000557865     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243268     Document Type: Article

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