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Conclusion and reflections 结论与思考

The Evaluative Study of Action Research Pub Date : 2020-12-11 DOI: 10.4324/9781003134183-10

E. Piggot-Irvine, L. Ferkins, W. Rowe, S. Sankaran

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Thumbs up for action research in case studies from the Evaluative Study of Action Research 为《行动研究的评价研究》中的案例研究中的行动研究点赞

The Evaluative Study of Action Research Pub Date : 2020-12-11 DOI: 10.4324/9781003134183-8

E. Piggot-Irvine, W. Rowe, L. Ferkins

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Developmental progress in conducting action research 开展行动研究的发展进展

The Evaluative Study of Action Research Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.1002/SRES.2489

S. Sankaran, W. Rowe, P. Cady

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