Thinking styles: University students’ preferred teaching styles and their conceptions of effective teachers

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-252

  Zhang, Li Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Effective teachers; Preferred teaching styles; Thinking styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042856283     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.138.3.233-252     Document Type: Article

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