Effects of a first-semester learning community on nontraditional technical students

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 235-249

  Goldberg, Barbara ^a   Finkelstein, Martin ^b,c  

^a DeVry College of Technology   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New Jersey Institute for Collegiate Teaching and Learning   (United States)

Author keywords

Commuting students; Learning community; Nontraditional; Team teaching; Technical

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744269030     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015876829313     Document Type: Article

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