Evaluating the impact of an academic teacher development program: practical realities of an evidence-based study

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 548-563

  Rathbun, Gail A ^a   Leatherman, Jane ^a   Jensen, Rebecca ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation of faculty development; evaluation research; institutional evaluation; programme effectiveness; programme evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961217710     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1161004     Document Type: Article

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