Speech-language pathology students' approaches to learning in a problem-based learning curriculum

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 472-481

  Mok, Cecilia K F ^a,b   Dodd, Barbara ^a   Whitehill, Tara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Education; Learning approaches; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149179524     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549500903003052     Document Type: Article

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