Measuring students' transition into university and its association with learning outcomes

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1041-1071

  Pampaka, Maria ^a   Williams, Julian ^a   Hutcheson, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84867254353     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411926.2011.613453     Document Type: Article

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