Theme-Based “Make a Difference Day” and Its Impacts: Did the “Make a Difference Day” Make Actual Differences?
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عنوان ژورنال: Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2331-9135,2331-9143
DOI: 10.5703/1288284315486