The effects of intensive, extensive, structured study on GRE scores

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-379

  Miller, Jan M ^a   Goodyear Orwat, Ann ^b   Malott, Richard W ^c  

^a 500 Cherrington Corporate Center ^*  (United States)

^b Hughes Training Inc   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate Record Examination; GRE; Self paced; Self study; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247511753     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02110512     Document Type: Article

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