Constructivist learning environments and the (im)possibility to change students' perceptions of assessment demands and approaches to learning

Instructional Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6 EFFECTS OF CONSTR, 2008, Pages 431-443

  Gijbels, David ^a   Segers, Mien ^b,c   Struyf, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; Assessment demands; Constructivism; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749125038     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9064-7     Document Type: Article

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