Learning, memorisation and understanding among distance learners in the South Pacific

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-202

  Mugler, France ^a   Landbeck, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Learning; Memorisation; Phenomenography; South pacific; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165549     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(99)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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