Approaches to learning, course experience and examination grade among undergraduate psychology students: Testing of mediator effects and construct validity

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-388

  Diseth, Åge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 34250311148     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070701346949     Document Type: Article

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