Competing perspectives in the classroom: The effect of sociology students’ perceptions of “balance” on evaluations

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-125

  Dixon, Jeffrey C ^a   McCabe, Janice ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33744725185     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0603400202     Document Type: Review

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