Using the student learning framework to explore the variation in academic performance of European business students

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-78

  Byrne, Marann ^a   Flood, Barbara ^a   Willis, Pauline ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

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EID: 33646762882     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877032000161823     Document Type: Article

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