Does attendance enhance political science grades?

Journal of Political Science Education

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-276

  Tiruneh, Gizachew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; Gender; GPA; Grades; Political science

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249160094     PISSN: 15512169     EISSN: 15512177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15512160701620776     Document Type: Article

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