Methods of assessment in the college economics course

International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 177-187

  Rebeck, Ken ^a   Asarta, Carlos ^b  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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