Students' course selection: Differential considerations for first and last course

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 469-492

  Babad, Elisha ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Course satisfaction; Course selection; Students' decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035429768     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011058926613     Document Type: Article

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