The Approaches to Teaching Inventory: A critique of its development and applicability

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 633-649

  Meyer, Jan H F ^a,c   Eley, Malcolm G ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; INTENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 33749361162     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X49908     Document Type: Article

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