A study of core-plus students attending Michigan State University

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 905-921

  Hill, Richard O ^a   Parker, Thomas H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845743405     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/27642089     Document Type: Article

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