Using the 'grieving' process and learning journals to evaluate students' responses to problem-based learning in an undergraduate geography curriculum

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-31

  Chappell, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geography; Learning journal; Problem based learning; Reflection

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING;

EID: 33646408787     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260500499584     Document Type: Article

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