Preferred learning styles of Florida association for family and community education volunteers: Implications for professional development

Journal of Extension

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Hoover, Tracy ^a   Connor, Noelle J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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