Learning conceptions of young students in the final year of primary education

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 485-516

  Klatter, Ellen B ^a   Lodewijks, Hans G L C ^b   Aarnoutse, Cor A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational goals; Learning conceptions; Phenomenography; Primary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042835779     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(01)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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