A professional development unit for reflecting on program evaluator competencies

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-123

  Ghere, Gail ^a   King, Jean A ^b   Stevahn, Laurie ^c   Minnema, Jane ^d  

^a Ghere Counsulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluator competencies; Professional development; Reflection; Self assessment; Teaching of evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144484379     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214005284974     Document Type: Article

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