Middle school students' self-efficacy, attitudes, and achievement in a computer-enhanced problem-based learning environment

Journal of Interactive Learning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-242

  Liu, Min ^a   Hsieh, Peggy ^b   Cho, Yoonjung ^c   Schallert, Diane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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