Learning style preferences of Australian occupational therapy students

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  French, Glenys ^a,d   Cosgriff, Tessa ^b   Brown, Ted ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Learning styles; Occupational therapy; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149037400     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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