Leaving certificate accounting: Measuring students’ perceptions with the course experience questionnaire

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-64

  Byrne, Marann ^a   Willis, Pauline ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

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EID: 85010982014     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0332331040230107     Document Type: Article

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