What do student learning inventories really measure? A critical analysis of students' responses to the Approaches to Learning and Studying Inventory

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 783-792

  Mogashana, Disaapele ^a   Case, Jennifer M ^a   Marshall, Delia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

approaches to learning; approaches to studying inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867272496     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2011.629294     Document Type: Article

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