How undergraduate students meet a new learning environment?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 763-777

  Vuorela, Minna ^a   Nummenmaa, Lauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Approaches to learning; Attitudes; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ANXIETY; APPROACHES TO LEARNING; ATTITUDES; SELF-EFFICACY;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 7544225417     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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