The effects of the blended teaching practice process on prospective teachers' teaching self - efficacy and epistemological beliefs

Egitim Arastirmalari - Eurasian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn , Issue 30, 2008, Pages 81-98

  Erdem, Mukaddes ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blended teaching practice; Epistemological belief; Self efficacy belief; Teaching practice process; Teaching self efficacy belief

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349097948     PISSN: 1302597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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