A student-empowered system for measuring and weighing participation in class discussion

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-37

  Mainkar, Avinash V ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class participation; Empowering students; Grading participation; Peer evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349100545     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562906286912     Document Type: Article

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