Starting a teaching assistants' training programme: Lessons learned in the USA

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-96

  D'Andréa, Vaneeta Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5844294637     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098269608709349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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