Approaches to Learning

The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 9-21

  Case, Jennifer M ^a   Marshall, Delia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203882221-2     Document Type: Chapter

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