The impact of interior plants in university classrooms on student course performance and on student perceptions of the course and instructor

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 384-391

  Doxey, Jennifer S ^a   Waliczek, Tina Marie ^a   Zajicek, Jayne M ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67049086289     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.2.384     Document Type: Article

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