Peer assisted learning and blogging: A strategy to promote reflective practice during clinical fieldwork

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-257

  Ladyshewsky, Richard K ^a   Gardner, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 48249124244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.1207     Document Type: Article

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