The Effects of Reading and Writing Habits on Learning Performance in a Blog Learning Environment

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 635-644

  Quadir, Benazir ^a   Chen, Nian Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Learning blog; Learning effectiveness; Reading habit; Writing habit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945560983     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: 22437908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-014-0210-5     Document Type: Article

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