Monitoring an outcomes-focused learning environment: A case study

Curriculum Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-41

  Aldridge, Jill M ^a   Fraser, Barry J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79960601679     PISSN: 01597868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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