Correlates of approaches to learning: A cross-cultural meta-analysis

Perspectives on Thinking, Learning, and Cognitive Styles

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 165-195

  Watkins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 85071811262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410605986-7     Document Type: Chapter

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