Development and Testing of a Nutrition-Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale for Elementary School Teachers

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 308-311

  Brenowitz, Nancy ^a   Tuttle, Cynthia Reeves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bread for the World Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Education; Knowledge; Nutrition; Practice; Self efficacy; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SCIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHER; TEACHING; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0345734351     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60345-X     Document Type: Article

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