Undergraduate students' academic achievement, field dependent/independent cognitive styles and attitude toward computers

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 289-297

  Altun, Arif ^a   Cakan, Mehtap ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achievement; Attitudes; Cognitive styles; Pedagogical issues; Post secondary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144459144     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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