Undergraduates' evaluations of developmental claims and their identification of information sources

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 345-360

  Bain, Sherry K ^a,b   Williams, Robert L ^a   Isaacs, Rachael ^a   Williams, Ashley ^a   Stockdale, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Graduate Faculty   (United States)

^c KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental claims; Evaluation; Information sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645275984     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-005-9001-5     Document Type: Review

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