Developing generic skills through university study: A study of arts, science and engineering in Australia

Higher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-458

  Badcock, Paul B T ^a   Pattison, Philippa E ^a   Harris, Kerri Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generic skill development; Generic skills; Graduate attributes; Higher education; Student assessment; Undergraduate study

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956676760     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9308-8     Document Type: Article

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