The Effects of Peer Tutoring on Undergraduate Students' Final Examination Scores in Mathematics

Journal of College Reading and Learning

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-31

  Xu, Yonghong ^a   Hartman, Stacey ^a   Uribe, Guillermo ^a   Mencke, Reed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 33846218280     PISSN: 10790195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790195.2001.10850123     Document Type: Article

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