The development of students' ways of thinking and practising in three final-year biology courses

Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-289

  McCune, Velda ^a   Hounsell, Dai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biology; Feedback; Higher education; Student learning; Ways of thinking and practising

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444404539     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6666-0     Document Type: Article

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