Overcoming Student Disengagement and Anxiety in Theory, Methods, and Statistics Courses by Building a Community of Learners

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-48

  Macheski, Ginger E ^a   Buhrmann, Jan ^a   Lowney, Kathleen S ^a   Bush, Melanie E l ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41149118861     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0803600106     Document Type: Review

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