Textbook Use in the Sciences and Its Relation to Course Performance

College Teaching

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 171-177

  French, Michelle ^a   Taverna, Franco ^a   Neumann, Melody ^a   Paulo Kushnir, Lena ^a   Harlow, Jason ^a   Harrison, David ^a   Serbanescu, Ruxandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

assessment; grades; reading; teaching methods; textbook

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011544053     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567555.2015.1057099     Document Type: Article

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