Learners' goal profiles and their learning patterns over an academic year

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 86-109

  Ng, Clarence ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achievement; Adult learners; Distance learning; Learning; Multiple goals; Prospective design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933520639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v16i3.1951     Document Type: Article

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