Reflecting on the Biggs-Watkins theory of the Chinese Learner

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-180

  Saravanamuthu, Kala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Achieving; Chinese; Deep; Education; Learning; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949156538     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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