Relationships between Hong Kong students' perceptions of the learning environment and their learning patterns in post-secondary education

Higher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-47

  Law, Dennis C S ^a   Meyer, Jan H F ^b  

^a CARITAS INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Course Experience Questionnaire; Hong Kong; Inventory of Learning Styles; Learning environment; Learning pattern; Student perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957967219     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9363-1     Document Type: Article

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