The experience of revising for essay type examinations: Differences between first and fourth year university students

Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-350

  Karagiannopoulou, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deep strategic approach; Episodic memory; First year; Fourth year students; Knowledge objects; Qualitative methodology; Repetitive reading; Revising for exams; Rote learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 32344451980     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6383-8     Document Type: Review

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