Using the domain-specific beliefs questionnaire with adolescents enrolled in high-poverty, high-minority schools: Examining psychometric properties

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-25

  Murphy, P Karen ^a   Edwards, Maeghan N ^a   Buehl, Michelle M ^b   Zeruth, Jill A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Epistemic beliefs; Psychometric properties; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248900949     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.76.1.3-25     Document Type: Article

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