The impact of Greek University students' perceptions of their learning environment on approaches to studying and academic outcomes

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 329-350

  Karagiannopoulou, E ^a   Christodoulides, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Achievement; ASI; CPQ CEQ; First and fourth year students; Perceptions of academic environment; Satisfaction; Studying approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748429149     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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