Integrating undergraduate peer mentors into liberal arts courses: A pilot study

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-63

  Smith, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Mentoring; Peer tutoring; Program development; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049096035     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-007-9064-6     Document Type: Article

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