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Learner Responsibility in Management Education, or Ventures into Forbidden Research (with Comments)

Armstrong, J. Scott (1983) Learner Responsibility in Management Education, or Ventures into Forbidden Research (with Comments). [Journal (Paginated)]

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Abstract

Formal education can be improved by transferring responsibility from the teacher to the learner. A simple approach to this is the time contract. Time contracts have been used successfully in nine quasi-experiments but, despite these successes, some educators see this as subversive research.

Item Type:Journal (Paginated)
Subjects:Psychology > Behavioral Analysis
ID Code:5191
Deposited By:Armstrong, J. Scott
Deposited On:05 Oct 2006
Last Modified:12 Sep 2007 18:07

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