Improving study methods of computer engineering undergraduates in Singapore

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-142

  Foo, Schubert ^a   Ng, Geok See ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 77953676953     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832960020205     Document Type: Article

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