Learning through writing in a first-year accounting course

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-254

  English, Linda ^a   Bonanno, Helen ^a   Ihnatko, Tig ^a   Webb, Carolyn ^b   Jones, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0033095778     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-5751(99)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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