Effects of class size on alternative educational outcomes across disciplines

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 980-990

  Cheng, Dorothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class size; College quality; Student evaluations; Student learning; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING; STUDENT;

EID: 80051663712     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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