Adaptation and validation of the inventory of learning styles for quality assurance in a hong kong post-secondary education context

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-283

  Law, Dennis C S ^a   Meyer, Jan H F ^b  

^a CARITAS INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conception of learning; Hong kong; Inventory of learning styles; Learning orientation; Mental model; Regulation strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957870802     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2010.506717     Document Type: Article

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