Identity Development in the Learning Sphere Among Japanese First-Year University Students

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-41

  Sugimura, Kazumi ^a   Shimizu, Noriko ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cooperative learning; Identity status; Japanese adolescents; Learning; Transition from high school to university

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851510097     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-010-9118-2     Document Type: Article

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