Developing reflection on practice through journal writing: Impacts of variations in the focus and level of feedback

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-196

  Bain, John D ^a   Mills, Colleen ^a   Ballantyne, Roy ^b   Packer, Jan ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 33645154917     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600220127368     Document Type: Article

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