Student participation and instructor gender in the mixed-age college classroom

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 384-405

  Howard, Jay R ^a   Henney, Amanda L ^a  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

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EID: 0032114391     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221546.1998.11775141     Document Type: Article

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