Using Team Learning to Improve Student Retention

College Teaching

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 51-56

  Kreie, Jennifer ^a   Headrick, R Wayne ^b   Steiner, Robert ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative learning; student retention; team learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849122281     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.55.2.51-56     Document Type: Article

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