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Mitchell, Sally; Prior, Paul; Bilbro, Rebecca; Peake, Kelly; See, Beng Huat; Andrews, Richard – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2008
As part of an exploratory study at three universities (two in the UK and one in the USA) of how first-year students in three disciplines (biology, electrical engineering and history) learn to argue, we conducted interviews (individual and group) with university faculty and students about the place of argument in their teaching and learning. Here…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Persuasive Discourse, Interviews, Research Tools
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Andrews, Richard – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2005
The use of systematic reviews in educational research is a growing phenomenon in the UK, but is highly controversial. This article argues that such reviews have a useful place in a research cycle that wishes to inform and be informed by practice and policy. It proposes and discusses a model of educational research, showing how reviews relate to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Review (Reexamination), Research Reports, Foreign Countries