Teaching style and learning in a quantitative classroom

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-225

  Giles, Jan ^a   Ryan, Daniel A J ^a   Belliveau, George ^b   de Freitas, Elizabeth ^a   Casey, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

inquiry based; learning style; pedagogy; student centred; teacher centred; teaching style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990373750     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787406069055     Document Type: Article

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