Felder-soloman's index of learning styles: Internal consistency, temporal stability, and factor structure

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 298-303

  Hosford, Charles C ^a   Siders, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957927672     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2010.512832     Document Type: Article

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