Effect of incentives on student performance on Milemarker examinations

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Sansgiry, Sujit S ^a   Chanda, Surupa ^a   Lemke, Thomas ^a   Szilagyi, Julianna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Examinations; Incentives; Milemarker; Performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHARMACY STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTIVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 33750843481     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj7005103     Document Type: Article

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