Family, learning environments, learning approaches, and student outcomes in a Malaysian private university

International Education Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 318-336

  Kek, Megan A Yih Chyn ^a   Darmawan, I Gusti Ngurah ^a   Chen, Yu Sui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Family; Higher education; Learning approaches; Learning environments; Student outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349114574     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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