Construction and validation of a Chinese Value of Learning Scale (CVLS)

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 907-920

  Leung, Angela ^a,c   Chi, Iris ^b   Chow, Nelson ^a   Chan, Kin Sun ^a   Chou, Kee Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33748863013     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270600846675     Document Type: Article

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