Are Educational Psychology Courses Educationally and Psychologically Sound? What Textbooks and Teachers Say

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-148

  Kiewra, Kenneth A ^a   Gubbels, Patti S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational psychology; Instructional planning; Learning strategies; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842639008     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024788428888     Document Type: Article

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