The feedback environment scale: Construct definition, measurement, and validation

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-184

  Steelman, Lisa A ^a   Levy, Paul E ^b   Snell, Andrea F ^b  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validation; Feedback; Feedback environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642496804     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403258440     Document Type: Article

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