Students' behaviors, grades & perceptions in an introductory biology course

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 483-487

  Jensen, Philip A ^a   Moore, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 54549099251     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1662/0002-7685(2008)70[483:SBGPIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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