Thought and affect in American and Chinese learners' beliefs about learning

Motivation, Emotion, and Cognition: Integrative Perspectives on Intellectual Functioning and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 385-418

  Li, Jin ^a   Fischer, Kurt W ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3843123969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410610515     Document Type: Chapter

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