The Learning Styles, Expectations, and Needs of Online Students

College Teaching

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 185-189

  Mupinga, Davison M ^a   Nora, Robert T ^a,b   Yaw, Dorothy Carole ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Vincennes University   (United States)

Author keywords

characteristics; expectations; learning styles; Myers Briggs; online students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548013878     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.54.1.185-189     Document Type: Article

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