Capstone Business Course Assessment: Exploring Student Readiness Perspectives

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-146

  Payne, Stephen L ^a   Flynn, Jan ^a   Whitfield, J Michael ^a  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capstone business courses; learning assessment; learning readiness; learning retention; student dispositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006323142     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.83.3.141-146     Document Type: Article

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