Relations between students' approaches to learning, experienced emotions and outcomes of learning

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 811-824

  Trigwell, Keith ^a   Ellis, Robert A ^a   Han, Feifei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

approach to learning; emotions in learning; outcomes of learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867272410     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2010.549220     Document Type: Article

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