The evolving syntheses of program value

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-103

  Stake, Robert ^a   Migotsky, Christopher ^a   Davis, Rita ^a   Cisneros, Edith J ^a   Depaul, Gary ^a   Dunbar, Christopher ^a   Farmer, Raquel ^a   Feltovich, Joan ^a   Johnson, Edna ^a   Williams, Brent ^a   Zurita, Martha ^a   Chaves, Iduina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0002105419     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109821409701800110     Document Type: Article

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