Why is my design not working? the role of student factors

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-206

  Balasooriyaa, Chinthaka Damith ^a   Tetikb, Cihat ^b   Harrisc, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross over phenomenon; Paradoxical change of approaches; Patterns of change; Students' approaches to learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957932422     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2011.561978     Document Type: Article

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