Student models of learning and their impact on study strategies

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-202

  Ferla, Johan ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a   Schuyten, Gilberte ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 69249164769     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070802528288     Document Type: Article

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