Are Asian international medical students just rote learners?

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-377

  Tavakol, Mohsen ^a   Dennick, Reg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian international students; International students; Rote learner

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ASIA; COGNITION; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LEARNING; MEMORY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 77956881341     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-009-9203-1     Document Type: Article

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