Reassessing training programs: A model for identifying training excesses and deficiencies

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 86-99

  Tessmer, Martin ^a   McCann, Daniel ^b   Ludvigsen, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033462432     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02299468     Document Type: Article

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