Comparison of university students' approaches to studying across Turkey and Taiwan

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Hei, Luying Melissa
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Study skills, College students, Fear of failure
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/3620
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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L. M. Hei, “Comparison of university students’ approaches to studying across Turkey and Taiwan,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 1999.
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