Reaching students: What research says about effective instruction in undergraduate science and engineering

Reaching Students: What Research Says About Effective Instruction in Undergraduate Science and Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-240

  Kober, Nancy ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.17226/18687     Document Type: Book

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