Students' knowledge and faculty members' expectations: The case for classroom assessment

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-159

  Eckert, Craig M ^a   Bower, Douglas J ^b   Stiff, Krista S ^b   Hinkle, Abby J ^b   Davis, Andrew R ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031533296     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1318660     Document Type: Article

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