Planning introductory college courses: Content, context and form

Instructional Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 413-438

  Stark, Joan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Course planning; Curriculum; Faculty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042727426     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026516231429     Document Type: Article

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