Assessing students' understanding of human behavior: A multidisciplinary outcomes-based approach for the design and assessment of an academic program goal

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 430-453

  Keith, Bruce ^a   LeBoeuf, Joseph ^a   Meese, Michael J ^a   Malinowski, Jon C ^a   Gallagher, Martha ^a   Efflandt, Scott ^a   Hurley, John ^a   Green, Charles ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

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EID: 0036806060     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3211503     Document Type: Article

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