Hong Kong students' and teachers' beliefs on students' concerns and their causal explanation

Educational Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 279-294

  Hui, Eadaoin K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Causal explanation; Mismatch; Student concerns; Student perception; Teacher perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040376159     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880110081044     Document Type: Article

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