Generation Psy: Student characteristics and academic achievement in a three-year problem-based learning bachelor program

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-323

  de Koning, Björn B ^a   Loyens, Sofie M M ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Smeets, Guus ^a   van der Molen, Henk T ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Higher education; Student characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859842308     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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