Full-Semester and Abbreviated Summer Courses: An Evaluation of Student Performance

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-22

  Anastasi, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

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EID: 34948882719     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986280709336643     Document Type: Article

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