Exploration of peer leader verbal behaviors as they intervene with small groups in college general chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 576-588

  Kulatunga, Ushiri ^a   Lewis, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84886651259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3rp00081h     Document Type: Article

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