Exploring students' perceptions of feedback in relation to cognitive styles and culture

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-190

  Evansa, Carol ^a,b   Waring, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Cognitive styles index; Culture; Feedback; Personal learning styles pedagogy; Student teachers; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957958742     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2011.561976     Document Type: Article

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