Learning styles among geography undergraduates: An international comparison

Area

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-42

  Healey, Mick ^a   Kneale, Pauline ^b   Bradbeer, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Experimental learning model; Geography undergraduates; Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI); Learning and teaching styles

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17644412003     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2005.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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