Effect of students' learning styles on classroom performance in problem-based learning

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Alghasham, Abdullah A ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84858242727     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.656744     Document Type: Article

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