Higher education students' attitudes to student-centred learning: Beyond 'educational bulimia'?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-334

  Lea, Susan J ^a   Stephenson, David ^a   Troy, Juliette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 16644376378     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070309293     Document Type: Article

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