Students' approaches to learning and their experiences of the teaching-learning environment in different disciplines

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-282

  Parpala, Anna ^a   Lindblom Ylänne, Sari ^a   Komulainen, Erkki ^a   Litmanen, Topi ^a   Hirsto, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE; FACULTY; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 77952917757     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709909X476946     Document Type: Article

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