Is Australian educational research worthwhile?

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-194

  Phelan, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic staff publishing; Citations; Educational research; Evaluation; Publications; Research tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034239199     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410004400206     Document Type: Article

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