'Intense, but it's all worth it in the end': The colearner's experience of the research process

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 435-457

  Taber, Keith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035998808     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920220137485     Document Type: Article

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