The use of teacher expertise in decision making during school-conducted needs assessments: A multilevel perspective

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-331

  Brandon, P R ^a   Heck, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Needs assessments; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007314692     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(98)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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