The Efficacy of Collaborative Learning Groups in an Undergraduate Statistics Course

College Teaching

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-248

  Delucchi, Michael ^a  

^a University of Hawaii West Oahu   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative learning groups; exam scores; student performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548028290     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.54.2.244-248     Document Type: Article

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