The learning environment in clicker classrooms: Student processes of learning and involvement in large university-level courses using student response systems

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-40

  Trees, April R ^a   Jackson, Michele H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 33847140567     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439880601141179     Document Type: Article

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