Integration and adaptation: Approaches to the student retention and achievement puzzle

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-59

  Zepke, Nick ^a   Leach, Linda ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

institutional support; retention; student achievement; student outcomes; teaching practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645167249     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787405049946     Document Type: Article

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