Measuring self-reported studying and learning for university students: Linking attitudes and behaviours on the same scale

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 573-604

  Waugh, Russell F ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036886845     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/00070990260377622     Document Type: Article

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