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Enlivening Political Science Courses with Kolb's Learning Preference Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Kathy L. Brock  and
Beverly J. Cameron
Kathy L. Brock
Affiliation:
Wilfrid Laurier University
Beverly J. Cameron
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , June 1999 , pp. 251 - 256
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1999

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Thanks to Norman Cameron and James M. Lang for their helpful suggestions and to Sherry Howse for her technical assistance.

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