A longitudinal study of Engineering students' approaches to their studies

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-214

  Jungert, Tomas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Approach to studying; Student influence; Study strategy; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249181124     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360802183770     Document Type: Article

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