Effects of Recording Attendance on Grades in Introductory Psychology

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 192-195

  Shimoff, Eliot ^a   Catania, A Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 0035535939     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328023TOP2803_04     Document Type: Article

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