Seating location in large lectures: Are seating preferences or location related to course performance?

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-231

  Benedict, Mary Ellen ^a   Hoag, John ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance; Seat location

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042656517     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.35.3.215-231     Document Type: Article

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