Evaluation Pragmatics

Evaluation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-76

  Bezzi, Claudio ^a  

^a Evaluation Consultant ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

evaluand semantics; evaluation context; evaluation methodology; evaluation pragmatics; learning organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747054490     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389006064189     Document Type: Article

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