'Towards a mapping of the student world': The identification of variation in students' conceptions of, and motivations to learn, introductory accounting

British Accounting Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-204

  Lucas, Ursula ^a   Meyer, Jan H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; Conceptions of learning; Expectations of Learning Accounting (ELAcc) Inventory; Introductory accounting; Reflections on Learning Inventory (RoLI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444395070     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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