e is for exploration: Assessing hard-to-measure learning outcomes

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 386-398

  Shephard, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATIONS; LEARNING OUTCOMES; NETWORKING SKILLS;

EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL;

EDUCATION;

EID: 60349099528     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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