Applying styles research to educational practice

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-254

  Evans, Carol ^a,b   Cools, Eva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

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EID: 79955467687     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.11.009     Document Type: Editorial

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