Peer Support: Relations between the Context, Process and Outcomes for the Students Who are Supported

Instructional Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-173

  Ashwin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approaches to studying; Further education; Peer learning; Peer Support; Supplemental Instruction (SI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037262213     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023227532029     Document Type: Article

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