The impact of university education on conceptions of learning: A Chinese study

International Education Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 138-147

  Wong, Kam Cheung ^a   Wen, Qiufang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese learners; Conceptions of learning; Cross cultural studies of learning; Hong Kong; University education

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849207906     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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