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Culture and Learning: A Divisive Link

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Stephen Gibson
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Among the many controversies associated with learning styles, perhaps the most explosive is the relationship being explored by researchers between learning style and cultural background.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 43 - 51
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press or the authors 1993

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