Reconsidering the utility of case study designs for researching school reform in a neo-scientific era: Insights from a multiyear, mixed-methods study

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-30

  Donmoyer, Robert ^a   Galloway, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study research; Mixed methods research; School reform; Scientific research in education

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849106658     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094670509353041     Document Type: Article

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