Assessing learning dispositions: Is the Effective lifelong learning inventory valid and reliable as a measurement tool?

Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-402

  Crick, Ruth Deakin ^a   Yu, Guoxing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competence; Learning dispositions; Learning how to learn; Learning power; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449108427     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880802499886     Document Type: Article

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