Knowledge-for-action theories in evaluation: Knowledge utilization, diffusion, implementation, transfer, and translation

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2009, Issue 124, 2009, Pages 7-20

  Ottoson, Judith M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85040481784     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.310     Document Type: Article

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