The influences of course effort and outside activities on grades in a college course

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 564-576

  Svanum, Soren ^a,b   Bigatti, Silvia M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33749386395     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2006.0063     Document Type: Article

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