Measures of student success with textbook transformations: the Affordable Learning Georgia Initiative
By: Emily Croteau
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.9.1.505 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 93 - 108
Submitted on: Dec 16, 2016
Accepted on: Mar 14, 2017
Published on: Jan 1, 2017
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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