The roles of instructional practices and motivation in writing performance

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-164

  Lam, Shui Fong ^a   Law, Yin Kum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Instructional practices; Motivation; Structural equation modeling; Teacher education; Writing performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846708632     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.75.2.145-164     Document Type: Article

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