Student effort and performance over the semester

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-28

  Krohn, Gregory A ^a   O’Connor, Catherine M ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education production function; Student effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444346787     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.36.1.3-28     Document Type: Article

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