Understanding the effects of constructivist learning environments: Introducing a multi-directional approach

Instructional Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6 EFFECTS OF CONSTR, 2008, Pages 351-357

  Loyens, Sofie M M ^a   Gijbels, David ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 51749103524     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9059-4     Document Type: Article

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