Going Deep into Mechanisms for Moral Reasoning Growth: How Deep Learning Approaches Affect Moral Reasoning Development for First-year Students

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-46

  Mayhew, Matthew J ^a   Seifert, Tricia A ^b   Pascarella, Ernest T ^c   Laird, Thomas F Nelson ^d   Blaich, Charles F ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep learning; First year students; Moral reasoning development; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855344707     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9226-3     Document Type: Article

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