Discourse on narrative research the construction zone: Literary elements in narrative research

Educational Researcher

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 577-590

  Coulter, Cathy A ^a   Smith, Mary Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Narrative research; Qualitative research; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951472795     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X09353787     Document Type: Article

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