Undergraduates' learning experience and learning process: Quantitative evidence from the East

Higher Education

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-386

  Webster, Beverley J ^a   Chan, Wincy S C ^a   Prosser, Michael T ^a   Watkins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Course experience; Hong Kong Chinese; Learning strategy; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449101590     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9200-6     Document Type: Article

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