Learning by doing: Group projects in research methods classes

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-91

  Longmore, Monica A ^b   Dunn, Dana ^a   Jarboe, Glen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030540292     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1318901     Document Type: Article

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