Objective tests, learning to learn and learning styles: A comment

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 335-345

  Duff, Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning styles; Objective test; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066186317     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096392898331117     Document Type: Article

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