The impact of teaching on retention: Some quantitative evidence

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 457-472

  Langbein, Laura I ^a   Snider, Kevin ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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