The need for pragmatic experimentation in educational research

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 323-330

  Torgerson, Carole J ^a   Torgerson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational research; Pragmatic experimentation; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149120395     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590600982327     Document Type: Article

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