A reflexive approach to interview data in an investigation of argument

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-241

  Mitchell, Sally ^a   Prior, Paul ^b   Bilbro, Rebecca ^b   Peake, Kelly ^a   See, Beng Huat ^c   Andrews, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argument; Interviewing methods; Writing studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049090784     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437270802416806     Document Type: Article

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