Learning from experience: The expectations and experiences of first‐year undergraduate psychology students

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-413

  Rowley, Martin ^a   Hartley, James ^a   Larkin, Derek ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expectations and experiences; Psychology; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959265978     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770802538129     Document Type: Article

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