Student participation in educational research: Experimenting with a focus group

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-380

  Ottewill, Roger ^a   Brown, David ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986117669     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877990230307     Document Type: Article

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