Does sex (female versus male) influence the impact of class attendance on examination performance?

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-420

  Cortright, Ronald N ^a   Lujan, Heidi L ^b   Cox, Julie H ^a   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Distance learning; Evaluation; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859343277     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00021.2011     Document Type: Article

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