Student academic support: A validity test

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 214-224

  Mazer, Joseph P ^a   Thompson, Blair ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective learning; Engagement; Scale development; Student academic support; Student motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960544213     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824096.2011.586074     Document Type: Article

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