Developing performance indicators for assessing classroom teaching practices and student learning: The case of engineering

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 327-352

  Cabrera, Alberto F ^a   Colbeck, Carol L ^b   Terenzini, Patrick T ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for the Study of Higher Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Classroom practices; Student outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035373644     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018874023323     Document Type: Article

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