Getting active in the large lecture

Journal of Political Science Education

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-249

  Huerta, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Large lecture; Student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249160502     PISSN: 15512169     EISSN: 15512177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15512160701558224     Document Type: Article

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