Towards a typology for conceptualizing the roles of teaching assistants

Educational Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-384

  Kerry, Trevor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23744478637     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910500149515     Document Type: Review

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