Teaching and assessment methods in undergraduate economics: A fourth national quinquennial survey

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-309

  Watts, Michael ^a   Schaur, Georg ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

teaching methods; undergraduate economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960690272     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2011.581956     Document Type: Review

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