Collegiality in the classroom: The use of peer learning assistants in cooperative learning in introductory biology

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-100

  Groccia, James E ^a   Miller, Judith E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0346076828     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01243700     Document Type: Article

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