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This special issue originated from ongoing discussions on how research in the past decade has or has not informed current theories on student learning in higher education. The contributions to this special issue each present a discussion of conceptual and methodological directions with possible connections or suggested dead ends in the major research traditions of the field. The special issue closes with two commentaries in which senior researchers critically discuss the contribution of the special issue regarding the question of where we might theoretically go in the field of student learning in higher education research.
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Fryer, L., Gijbels, D. Student Learning in Higher Education: Where We Are and Paths Forward. Educ Psychol Rev 29, 199–203 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-017-9415-5
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