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How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge?

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How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge? / Ashwin, Paul William Hamilton; Abbas, Andrea; McLean, Monica.
In: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2017, p. 517-530.

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Ashwin, PWH, Abbas, A & McLean, M 2017, 'How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge?', Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 517-530. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2016.1154501

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Ashwin, P. W. H., Abbas, A., & McLean, M. (2017). How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge? Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(4), 517-530. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2016.1154501

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Ashwin PWH, Abbas A, McLean M. How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge? Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 2017;42(4):517-530. Epub 2016 Mar 7. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1154501

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Ashwin, Paul William Hamilton ; Abbas, Andrea ; McLean, Monica. / How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge?. In: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 2017 ; Vol. 42, No. 4. pp. 517-530.

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