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HE Consultant and Researcher, Emeritus Professor University of Gloucestershire mhealey@glos.ac.uk
www.mickhealey.co.uk
These references have been compiled as part of a National Teaching Fellowship Project on
‘Rethinking dissertations and final year projects: Creative honours and capstone projects’ based at the University of Gloucestershire.
It is one of a series of bibliographies that were begun in 2005:
1 Active learning and learning styles: a selected bibliography
2 Discipline based approaches to supporting learning and teaching: a selected bibliography
3 Linking research and teaching: a selected bibliography
4 Pedagogic research and development: a selected bibliography
5 The scholarship of teaching and learning: a selected bibliography
6 The scholarship of engagement: a selected bibliography
7 Dissertations and capstone projects: a selected bibliography
For the latest version see: http://www.mickhealey.co.uk/resources
An Invitation: Readers are encouraged to send details of their own favourite references for adding to the list to me at: mhealey@glos.ac.uk
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Brandon, D., Pruett, J. and Wade, J. (2002) Experiences in development and implementing a capstone course in information technology management. Journal of Information Technology
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Hand, L and Clewes, D (2000) Marking the difference: an investigation of the criteria used for assessing undergraduate dissertations in a business school, Assessment and Evaluation in
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Jenkins, A and Healey, M (2010) Undergraduate research and international initiatives to link teaching and research, CUR Quarterly 30(2)
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