Effective teaching methods and lecturer characteristics a study on accounting students at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-29

  Mohidin, Rosle ^a   Jaidi, Junainah ^a   Sang, Lim Thien ^a   Osman, Zaiton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Effective teaching; Perceptions; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349084519     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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