A juggling act in the classroom: Managing different learning styles

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-7

  Arthurs, Janet B ^a  

^a Gaston College   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning styles; Teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845307262     PISSN: 15573087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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