Delayed understanding and staying in phase: Students' perceptions of their study situation

Higher Education

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-445

  Scheja, Max ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delayed understanding; Engineering education; Perceptions of the teaching learning environment; Staying in phase; Student learning; Time for reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744514135     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-7765-7     Document Type: Article

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