Learning outcomes: The bottom line

Communication Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 396-404

  Clark, Ruth Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Effects assessment; Instructional impact; Learning objectives; Learning outcomes; Outcomes assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036776212     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520216531     Document Type: Article

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