Student participation in the college classroom: An extended multidisciplinary literature review

Communication Education

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-213

  Rocca, Kelly A ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College classroom; Literature; Multidisciplinary; Review; Student participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749280061     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520903505936     Document Type: Article

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