Approaches to learning and the acquisition of general knowledge

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1563-1571

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Christopher, Andrew N ^b   Garwood, Jeanette ^c   Neil Martin, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Albion College Michigan   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic; Learning approaches; Lecturers; Personality; Preferences; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547161246     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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