Exploring assessment factors contributing to students' study strategies: Literature review

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Al Kadri, Hanan M ^a   Al Moamary, Mohamed S ^a   Roberts, Chris ^b   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; STUDENT; STUDY SKILLS;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; STUDENTS; TEST TAKING SKILLS;

EID: 84858210042     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.656756     Document Type: Review

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