Predicting performance in first-semester college basic writers: Revisiting the role of self-beliefs

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-238

  Jones, Ed ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Academic behavior; Basic skills; College students; First year writing course; Locus of control; Self efficacy; Self efficacy scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749108095     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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