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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Knowledge Surveys as an Assessment Tool of Simulation Course Outcomes

Patricia A. StapletonWorcester Polytechnic InstituteCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 413-429 | Received 15 Feb 2018, Accepted 22 Aug 2018, Published online: 09 Nov 2018

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