Using student-centred learning environments to stimulate deep approaches to learning: Factors encouraging or discouraging their effectiveness

Educational Research Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-260

  Baeten, Marlies ^a   Kyndt, Eva ^a   Struyven, Katrien ^a   Dochy, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; Higher education; Student centred learning environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649445384     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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