Trade-Offs between perceptions of success and planned outcomes in an online mentoring program

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-63

  O'Neill, D Kevin ^a   Asgari, Mahboubeh ^a   Dong, Yi Ran ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Learning; Perceptions; Program design; Success; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951717182     PISSN: 13611267     EISSN: 14699745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2011.543570     Document Type: Article

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