Connecting expectations and experiences of students in a research-immersive degree

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1562-1576

  Wilson, Anna ^a,b   Howitt, Susan ^c   Roberts, Pam ^a   Åkerlind, Gerlese ^b   Wilson, Kate ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

motivation; research training; student expectations; undergraduate research experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890679285     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2011.633163     Document Type: Article

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