Understanding the scope of undergraduate research: A framework for curricular and pedagogical decision-making

Higher Education

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 603-618

  Brew, Angela ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Inquiry based learning; Pedagogy; Research based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885947999     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-013-9624-x     Document Type: Article

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