Students' likes and dislikes regarding student-activating and lecture-based educational settings: Consequences for students' perceptions of the learning environment, student learning and performance

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-317

  Struyven, Katrien ^a   Dochy, Filip ^a   Janssens, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activating active teaching; Constructivism; Course experience questionnaire; Instructional preferences; Student teachers teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249094357     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173001     Document Type: Article

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