Evaluating the reliability and validity of a learning styles inventory: A classroom-based study

Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-63

  Slack, Nicola ^a   Norwich, Brahm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7 10 year old pupils; Experimental evaluation; Learning styles; Visual and auditory; Word spelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847291301     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880701200765     Document Type: Article

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