Patterns of young children's motivation for science and teacher-child relationships

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-144

  Patrick, Helen ^a   Mantzicopoulos, Panayota ^a   Samarapungavan, Ala ^a   French, Brian F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom research; Elementary school; Interest; Motivation; Science education; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949160771     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.76.2.121-144     Document Type: Article

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