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is a term used to the reporting of certain types of study such as case study and ethnography, where the reader is offered a detailed, descriptive, account of the research subject(s) and context.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.