Developmental evaluation: Lessons for evaluative practice from the SEARCH program

Evaluation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-194

  Dickson, Rumona ^a   Saunders, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuing professional development; Developmental evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905022789     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389014527530     Document Type: Article

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