Milestones en route to evidence-based policies

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-329

  Fitz Gibbon, Carol Taylor ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Evidence based; Meta analysis; Policy; Practice; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993800718     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152032000176837     Document Type: Article

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