Expanding young people's capacity to learn

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-134

  Claxton, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disposition; Learning capacity; Learning to learn

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547335035     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2007.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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