Students’ approaches to learning in finnish general upper secondary school

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-18

  Eklund Myrskog, Gunilla ^a   Wenestam, Claes Göran ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 0141644856     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031383990430101     Document Type: Article

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