Predicting Preservice Teachers' Cognitive Engagement With Goals and Epistemological Beliefs

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 222-233

  Ravindran, Bhuvaneswari ^a   Greene, Barbara A ^a   Debacker, Teresa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive engagement; Epistemological beliefs; Motivation; Preservice teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744363267     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.98.4.222-233     Document Type: Article

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