Quiet or questioning? Students' discussion behaviors in student-centered education across cultures

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1001-1021

  Frambach, Janneke M ^a   Driessen, Erik W ^a   Beh, Philip ^b   van der Vleuten, Cees P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

communication; cross cultural issues in teaching and learning; medical students; problem based learning; sociocultural perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903582500     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2012.754865     Document Type: Article

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