The Role of Choice in Children's Learning: A Distinctive Cultural and Gender Difference in Efficacy, Interest, and Effort

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-29

  D'Ailly, Hsiao ^a  

^a Renison College   (Canada)

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EID: 1142277531     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087212     Document Type: Article

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