Supporting high achievement in introductory mathematics courses: What we have learned from 30 years of the emerging scholars program

Making the Connection: Research and Teaching in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 205-220

  Hsu, Eric ^a   Murphy, Teri J ^b   Treisman, Uri ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 77953912549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5948/UPO9780883859759.017     Document Type: Chapter

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