Initial evaluation of the impact of math study groups on first-year student course success

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jablonski, Marissa ^a   Reisel, John R ^a   Hosseini, Hossein ^a   Munson, Ethan ^a   Rineck, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CALCULATIONS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; GEOMETRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; STUDENT GRADES; STUDENTS' GRADES; STUDY GROUPS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85029068532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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