Classroom incivilities: The challenge of interactions between college students and instructors in the US

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 439-462

  Alberts, Heike C ^a   Hazen, Helen D ^b   Theobald, Rebecca B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom interactions; Diversity; Gender; Incivilities; Teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TEACHING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957084127     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260903502679     Document Type: Article

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