Teaching graduate students to write: A seminar for thesis and dissertation writers

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-181

  Delyser, Dydia ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissertation writing; Teaching writing

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HIGHER EDUCATION; LITERACY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 0042388359     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260305676     Document Type: Article

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