Exploring faculty beliefs about student learning and their role in instructional decision-making

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-70

  Hora, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84907014947     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2014.0047     Document Type: Review

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