New university students' instructional preferences and how these relate to learning styles and motivational strategies

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 547-570

  García Ros, Rafael ^a   Pérez, Francisco ^a   Talaya, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive instruction; Instructional preferences; Learning styles; Motivational orienta tion; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014049247     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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