The influence of randomly allocated group membership when developing student task work and team work capabilities

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-369

  McClelland, Giles Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical incident technique; group work; holistic learning; qualitative research; random allocation; team work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864013099     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2011.632818     Document Type: Article

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