Problem-based learning: Introduction, analysis, and accounting curricula implications

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 407-427

  Johnstone, Karla M ^a   Biggs, Stanley F ^a  

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EID: 0002867613     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0748-5751(98)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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