Portraits of PBL: Course objectives and students' study strategies in computer engineering, psychology and physiotherapy

Instructional Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 309-329

  Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Course objectives; Learning process; Problem based learning; Qualitative analysis; Students' perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034378832     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003961222303     Document Type: Article

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