The numbers tell it all: Students don't like numbers!

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Uttl, Bob ^a   White, Carmela A ^a   Morin, Alain ^a  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHING RATING; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TEACHER; TEACHING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892660104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083443     Document Type: Article

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