The strategies used by distance education students when learning basic chemistry; implications for electronic delivery

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 150-165

  Lyall, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer based learning; Deep and surface learning; Distance learning; Facts and concepts; Learning profiles; Learning strategies; Note taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544452573     PISSN: 11094028     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/B5RP90006A     Document Type: Article

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