Evaluating the efficacy of traditional and web-assisted instruction in an undergraduate social work practice class

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 299-310

  Petracchi, Helen ^a   Mallinger, Gayle ^a   Engel, Rafael ^a   Rishel, Carrie W ^b   Washburn, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Practice; Teaching; Technology; Web assisted instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844439406     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J017v23n03_09     Document Type: Article

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