How good are we at knowing what learners like?

System

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-155

  Spratt, M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Learner activity preferences; Student perceptions; Teacher activity preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000343095     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(99)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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