A comparison of responses to group learning between first-year Asian and first-year Australian veterinary science students

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 531-536

  Mills, Paul C ^a   Woodall, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIA; ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; HUMANS; LEARNING; QUEENSLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33644760342     PISSN: 0748321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jvme.32.4.531     Document Type: Article

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