Students' questions: Building a bridge between Kolb's learning styles and approaches to learning

Education and Training

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 97-111

  Pedrosa De Jesus, Helena T ^a   Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria ^a   Teixeira Dias, José Joaquim ^a   Watts, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning methods; Learning styles; Portugal; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645653503     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910610651746     Document Type: Review

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