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ERIC Number: EJ632839
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1356-2517
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Can We Relate Conceptions of Learning to Student Academic Achievement?
McLean, Michelle
Teaching in Higher Education, v6 n3 p399-413 Jul 2001
Examined the conceptions of learning held by second-year medical students in South Africa in relation to their academic achievement. Found that students with a good academic record expressed more transformative conceptions of learning than did their lower-achieving peers, who appeared to rely on memorization and recall. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beliefs, Foreign Countries, Learning, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes, Medical Students, Transformative Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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