Learning styles of design students and the relationship of academic performance and gender in design education

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-359

  Demirbas, O Osman ^a   Demirkan, Halime ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Design education; Experiential learning; Learning styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247874720     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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