Reduction of face-to-face contact hours in foundation research courses: Impact on students' knowledge gained and course satisfaction

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 780-793

  Banks, Anne C ^a   Faul, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Course Satisfaction; Knowledge Gain; Social Work Education; Web assisted Instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055361728     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470601140500     Document Type: Article

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