Academic Factors That Affect Undergraduate Research Experiences

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 499-514

  Taraban, Roman ^a   Logue, Erin ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Boyer Report; NSF REU; STEM; Undergraduate research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874354034     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026851     Document Type: Article

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