Academic difficulties encountered by East Asian international university students in New Zealand

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 915-931

  Lee, Boram ^a   Farruggia, Susan P ^a   Brown, Gavin T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

academic difficulties; international students; learning styles; tertiary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890426366     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2013.806444     Document Type: Article

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