Students' experiences of learning in a third-year management accounting class: Evidence from New Zealand

Accounting Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-59

  Lord, Beverley R ^a   Robertson, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

deep surface learning; learning approach; Learning conception; lectures; responsibility; role of lecturer; teaching method

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950109309     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/06939280600581053     Document Type: Article

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