Does Effort Still Count?:More on What Makes the Grade

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-15

  Zinn, Tracy E ^a   Magnotti, John F ^a   Marchuk, Kimberly ^a   Schultz, Bridget S ^a   Luther, Andrew ^a   Varfolomeeva, Veronika ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; effort; grading

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953305824     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628310390907     Document Type: Article

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