Student progress in distance education: Kember's model re-visited

Open Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-131

  Woodley, Alan ^a   De Lange, Paul ^b   Tanewski, George ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85016070976     PISSN: 02680513     EISSN: 14699958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680510123105     Document Type: Article

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