Tutors' and students' perceptions of what makes a good undergraduate research paper

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1636-1640

  Yildirim, Rana ^a   Ilin, Gulden ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Research; Research paper; Undergraduate research

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649294902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770428     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.288     Document Type: Article

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