Enhance low-achieving students' learning involvement in Taiwan's higher education: An approach via e-learning with problem-based learning and self-regulated learning

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 553-565

  Lee, Tsang Hsiung ^a   Shen, Pei Di ^b   Tsai, Chia Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E learning; Higher education; Involvement; Media in education; Problem based learning; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956541752     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2010.506999     Document Type: Article

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