The impact of students' conceptions of constructivist assumptions on academic achievement and drop-out

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 581-602

  Loyens, Sofie M M ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34648846512     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070701573765     Document Type: Article

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