Increasing low-responding students' participation in class discussion

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-188

  Foster, Lisa N ^a   Krohn, Katherine R ^a   McCleary, Daniel F ^a   Aspiranti, Kathleen B ^a   Nalls, Meagan L ^a   Quillivan, Colin C ^a   Taylor, Cora M ^a   Williams, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Class discussion; College students; Credit contingencies; Low participation; Self recording

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349253047     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-009-9083-8     Document Type: Article

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