Guess who's (not) coming to class: Student attitudes as indicators of attendance

Educational Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Gump, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; Attitudes; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244474981     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690500415936     Document Type: Article

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