Adapting case-based teaching to large class settings: An action research approach

Accounting Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-263

  Doran, John ^a   Healy, Margaret ^a   McCutcheon, Maeve ^a   O'Callaghan, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Action research; Case based teaching; Large class settings

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959213010     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180.2011.583742     Document Type: Article

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