Class participation in accounting courses: Factors that affect student comfort and learning

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 613-629

  Dallimore, Elise J ^a   Hertenstein, Julie H ^a   Platt, Marjorie B ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class discussion; Comfort with class participation; Participation frequency; Student learning; Student preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961139130     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace.2010.25.4.613     Document Type: Article

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