Students’ questions and their implications for the viva

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-113

  Murray, Rowena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Education; Qualifications; Rhetoric; Supervisors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156594     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880310471533     Document Type: Article

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