The development, validation, and application of the Doctoral Student Connectedness Scale

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Terrell, Steven R ^a   Snyder, Martha M ^a   Dringus, Laurie P ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Communities of practice; Connectedness; Doctoral students

Indexed keywords

ATTRITION; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; CONNECTEDNESS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DOCTORAL PROGRAMS; DOCTORAL STUDENTS; INTEGRAL PART; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 68849097873     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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