Learning by Exams: The Impact of Two-Stage Cooperative Tests

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-76

  Zipp, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 33846803781     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0703500105     Document Type: Review

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