Evaluating long-term complex professional development: Using a variation of the cohort control design

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-285

  McMeeking, Laura B Sample ^a   Cobb, R Brian ^b   Basile, Carole ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Evaluation; In service education; Methodology; Quantitative; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959685250     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500790.2010.509781     Document Type: Article

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