Issues in synthesizing research in education

Educational Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-299

  Andrews, Richard ^a   Harlen, Wynne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational research; Meta analysis; Narrative synthesis; Synthesis; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750302483     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880600992330     Document Type: Review

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