Research ArticleIV. Teaching and Learning: Contexts and Practices
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Evaluating Promising Practices in Undergraduate STEM Lecture Courses
Lynn C. Reimer, Katerina Schenke, Tutrang Nguyen, Diane K. O'Dowd, Thurston Domina, Mark Warschauer
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2016, 2 (1) 212-233; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.10
Lynn C. Reimer
aNational Science Foundation graduate research fellow at the School of Education, University of California, Irvine
Katerina Schenke
bPostdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles
Tutrang Nguyen
cDoctoral student at the University of California, Irvine
Diane K. O'Dowd
dProfessor and vice provost at the University of California, Irvine
Thurston Domina
eAssociate professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mark Warschauer
fProfessor and interim dean at the University of California, Irvine
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Evaluating Promising Practices in Undergraduate STEM Lecture Courses
Lynn C. Reimer, Katerina Schenke, Tutrang Nguyen, Diane K. O'Dowd, Thurston Domina, Mark Warschauer
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2016, 2 (1) 212-233; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.10
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