Factors infl uencing student performance in economics: Class and instructor characteristics

International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 351-359

  Grove, Wayne A ^a   Wu, Stephen ^b  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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