Investigating the relationship between variations in students' perceptions of their academic environment and variations in study behaviour in distance education

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 867-893

  Richardson, John T E ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845516142     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X69690     Document Type: Article

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