NGTA and IGTA training and experience: Comparisons between self-ratings and undergraduate student evaluations

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-77

  Twale, Darla J ^a   Shannon, David M ^a   Moore, Matthew S ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002423410     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025103726202     Document Type: Article

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