Discontinuities and continuities in the experience of learning: An interview study of high-school students in Hong Kong

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-48

  Marton, Ference ^a   Watkins, David ^c   Tang, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Box 1010 ^*

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EID: 0031097142     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(96)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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