Learning styles and academic outcome: The validity and utility of Vermunt's inventory of learning styles in a British higher education setting

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-290

  Boyle, Elizabeth A ^a   Duffy, Tim ^a   Dunleavy, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0042307587     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/00070990360626976     Document Type: Review

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