Short- and long-term differences in instructional effectiveness between intensive and semester-length courses

Teachers College Record

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 635-650

  Seamon, Marc ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442527741     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2004.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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