Between deep and surface: Procedural approaches to learning in engineering education contexts

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 605-615

  Case, Jennifer ^a   Marshall, Delia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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EID: 5644232842     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307507042000261571     Document Type: Article

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