Item-specific efficacy judgments in mathematical problem solving: The downside of standing too close to trees in a forest

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 363-377

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Roche, Lawrence A ^a   Pajares, Frank ^b   Miller, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031185207     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1997.0942     Document Type: Article

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