Student Self-Grading in Social Statistics

College Teaching

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 72-76

  Edwards, Nelta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

math anxiety; self grading; social statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951477141     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.55.2.72-76     Document Type: Article

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