From Comprehensive to Singular: A Latent Class Analysis of College Teaching Practices

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 581-604

  Campbell, Corbin M ^a   Cabrera, Alberto F ^b   Ostrow Michel, Jessica ^a   Patel, Shikha ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Cognitive responsiveness; College teaching; Latent class analysis; Observation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990861901     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: 1573188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-016-9440-0     Document Type: Article

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