'Revisiting' the South Pacific approaches to learning: A confirmatory factor analysis study

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-383

  Phan, Huy P ^a   Deo, Bisun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Cultural and social contexts; Learning approaches; Pedagogies; South Pacific; Tertiary students

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149125553     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360802406833     Document Type: Article

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