Social learning spaces and student engagement

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-120

  Matthews, Kelly E ^a   Andrews, Victoria ^a   Adams, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

First year experience; Higher education; Learning spaces; Student engagement; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952847422     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2010.512629     Document Type: Article

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