Challenges in analysing change in students’ approaches to learning

Learning Patterns in Higher Education: Dimensions and Research Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 232-248

  Lindblom Ylänne, Sari ^a   Parpala, Anna ^a   Postareff, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 84923231013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315885438     Document Type: Chapter

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