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Undergraduate Teaching Observed

Nature volume 223, pages 1102–1104 (1969)Cite this article

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The investigator must look beyond the classroom to understand teachers and their pupils. A wide ranging study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has uncovered several interesting phenomena.

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    MALCOLM PARLETT

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PARLETT, M. Undergraduate Teaching Observed. Nature 223, 1102–1104 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231102a0

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