The learning dimension of evaluation use

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2000, Issue 88, 2000, Pages 25-37

  Preskill, Hallie ^a   Torres, Rosalie T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Developmental Studies Center   (United States)

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EID: 0010732990     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.1189     Document Type: Article

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