Increasing the significance of course evaluations in large-enrollment geoscience classes

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 158-165

  Hippensteel, Scott P ^a   Martin, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION;

EID: 17744375163     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-53.2.158     Document Type: Article

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