Examining the cultural specificity of approaches to learning in universities in Hong Kong and Sydney

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-266

  Leung, Doris Y P ^a   Ginns, Paul ^b   Kember, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; Cultural specificity; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149083852     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022107313905     Document Type: Article

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