The College Classroom as a Community: Impact on Student Attitudes and Learning

College Teaching

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-284

  McKinney, John Paul ^a   McKinney, Kathleen G ^b   Franiuk, Renae ^c   Schweitzer, John ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; community; neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349521792     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.54.3.281-284     Document Type: Article

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