Using VARK approach for assessing preferred learning styles of first year medical sciences students: A survey from Iran

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Peyman, Hadi ^a   Sadeghifar, Jamil ^b   Khajavikhan, Javaher ^a   Yasemi, Masood ^a   Rasool, Mohammad ^a   Yaghoubi, Monireh Yasemi ^a   Mohammad Hassan Nahal, Monireh ^a   Karim, Hemati ^a  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aural; Kinesthetic; Quad modal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907329321     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/8089.4667     Document Type: Article

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