Mining students' learning patterns and performance in web-based instruction: A cognitive style approach

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-192

  Chen, Sherry Y ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive styles; Data mining; Web based instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751501428     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820802667256     Document Type: Article

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