Learning Styles of Leisure Science Majors Compared to Management, Psychology, and Sociology Majors

SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-32

  Szucs, Ferenc K ^a   Hawdon, James E ^a   McGuire, Francis A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential Learning Theory; Leisure Science majors; related disciplines

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849101069     PISSN: 1937156X     EISSN: 21624097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1937156X.2001.11949467     Document Type: Article

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