Effect of Textbook Study Guides on Student Performance in Introductory Psychology

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-39

  Dickson, K Laurie ^a   Miller, Michelle D ^a   Devoley, Michael S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 12944263568     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328023top3201_8     Document Type: Article

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