Can learning style predict student satisfaction with different instruction methods and academic achievement in medical education?

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 192-196

  Gurpinar, Erol ^a   Alimoglu, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Mamakli, Sumer ^a   Aktekin, Mehmet ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Medical students

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EID: 78649789529     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00075.2010     Document Type: Article

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