Right tracks - Wrong rails: The development of generic skills in higher education

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 365-378

  Leckey, Janet F ^a   McGuigan, Maureen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031161424     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1024902207836     Document Type: Article

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