Are students' beliefs about knowledge and learning associated with their reported use of learning strategies?

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-273

  Dahl, Tove I ^a   Bals, Margrethe ^a   Turi, Anne Lene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 20744443609     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X25049     Document Type: Review

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