What contributes to teaching assistant development: Differential responses to key design features

Instructional Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-118

  Hardré, Patricia L ^a   Burris, Alicia O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate student; Instructional design; Teaching; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055196802     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-010-9163-0     Document Type: Article

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