Confirmatory factor analyses of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI-1985)

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-219

  Loo, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 0042135703     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709999157680     Document Type: Article

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