Assessing general education outcomes in introductory psychology

Best Practices for Teaching Introduction to Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 195-208

  Halonen, Jane S ^a   Harris, Charles M ^b   Pastor, Dena A ^b   Abrahamson, Craig E ^b   Huffman, Charles J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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