Research Note: Validating the learning styles questionnaire and inventory of learning processes in accounting: A research note

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 263-272

  Duff, Angus ^a  

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

Author keywords

Approach to learning; Assessment; Learning style; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066206065     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096392897331497     Document Type: Article

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