Engineering students' conceptions of and approaches to learning through discussions in face-to-face and online contexts

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-282

  Ellis, Robert A ^a   Goodyear, Peter ^a   Calvo, Rafael A ^b   Prosser, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; Conceptions of learning; Higher education; Learning through discussion; Online discussion; Phenomenography

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049162530     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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