Personal understanding and target understanding: Mapping influences on the outcomes of learning

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 321-342

  Entwistle, Noel ^a   Smith, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0036728673     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709902320634528     Document Type: Article

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