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Title: Interpreting Undergraduate Student Complaints about Graduate Student Instructors through the Lens of the Instructional Practices Guide
Award ID(s):
1725264 1544342
PAR ID:
10169395
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
ISSN:
2474-9346
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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