Factors affecting the academic success of agricultural students at university of Tehran, Iran

Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-214

  Hedjazi, Y ^a   Omidi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Academic success; Agricultural students; Educational environment; Grade point average Gpa; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956332727     PISSN: 16807073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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