The relationship between learning styles, attendance and academic performance of Pharmacy undergraduates

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-143

  Sharif, Shahireh ^a   Gifford, Larry A ^a   Morris, Gareth A ^a   Barber, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attendance; Examination performance; Learning styles; Pharmacy students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866333409     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: 14772701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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