Exploring the difference between “concrete” and “abstract”:Learning styles in lis distance education

Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 51-64

  Du, Yunfei ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer competency; Distance education; Learning styles; Library education; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859617730     PISSN: 1533290X     EISSN: 15332918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J192v01n03_04     Document Type: Article

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