Readiness for self-directed learning: Validation of a new scale with medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 918-920

  Hendry, Graham D ^a   Ginns, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70449087473     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590802520899     Document Type: Article

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