Building a solid foundation for our majors with the introductory psychology course

Psychology Learning and Teaching

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-158

  Hyers, Lauri L ^a   Shivde, Geeta ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84887711875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/plat.2013.12.2.147     Document Type: Article

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