Changes in conceptions of learning for Indigenous Australian university students

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 327-341

  Boulton Lewis, Gillian M ^a   Wilss, Lynn ^a   Lewis, David C ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0035380140     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709901158550     Document Type: Article

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