The validity of Kolb learning styles and neo-Piagetian developmental levels in college biology

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-90

  Lawson, Anton E ^a   Johnson, Margaret ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036486806     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070120099386     Document Type: Article

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