Toward a Conceptual Understanding of Evaluative Thinking

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2018, Issue 158, 2018, Pages 29-47

  Vo, Anne T ^a   Schreiber, Jacob S ^a   Martin, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85045519660     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.20324     Document Type: Article

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