A longitudinal study of learning for a group of indigenous australian university students: Dissonant conceptions and strategies

Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-111

  Boulton Lewis, Gillian M ^a   Marton, Ference ^b   Lewis, David C ^c   Wilss, Lynn A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptions of learning; Dissonance; Higher education; Longitudinal; Phenomenography; Strategies used to learn

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543051714     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HIGH.0000009807.00392.33     Document Type: Article

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