Course Preparation Assignments: A Strategy for Creating Discussion-Based Courses

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-248

  Yamane, David ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748565329     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0603400303     Document Type: Review

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