Student Success in First - Year University Physics and Mathematics Courses : Does the high - school attended make a difference ?
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Student Success in First-Year University Physics and Mathematics Courses: Does the high-school attended make a difference? Maria Adamuti-Trache a , George Bluman b & Thomas Tiedje c a Educational Leadership and Policy Studies , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , TX , USA b Department of Mathematics , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada c Electrical and Computer Engineering , University of Victoria , Victoria , British Columbia , Canada Published online: 19 Apr 2012.
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