Effects of competition on students' self-efficacy in vicarious learning

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-108

  Chan, Joanne C Y ^a,b   Lam, Shui Fong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS;

EID: 41149138861     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709907X185509     Document Type: Article

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