Learning in higher education - how cognitive and learning styles matter

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-478

  Evans, Carol ^a,b   Cools, Eva ^c   Charlesworth, Zarina M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^d LRG University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

^e Glion Institute of Higher Education ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; Cognitive styles; Higher education; Learning styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954308180     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2010.493353     Document Type: Article

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