The "Why" of Class Participation: A Question Worth Asking

College Teaching

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-63

  Jones, Raymond C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; class participation; course requirements; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349206387     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.56.1.59-64     Document Type: Article

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