Course Evaluations: What are social work students telling us about teaching effectiveness?

Journal of Social Work Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-236

  Jirovec, Ronald L ^a   Ramanathan, Chathapuram S ^a   Lvarez, Annr Osegranta ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032393519     PISSN: 10437797     EISSN: 21635811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10437797.1998.10778919     Document Type: Article

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