Chinese high-school students in physics classroom as active, self-regulated learners: Cognitive, motivational and environmental aspects

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 769-788

  Neber, Heinz ^a   He, Jing ^b   Liu, Bang Xiang ^c   Schofield, Neville ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c BNU   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Gender differences; Physics learning; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849114443     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-007-9110-y     Document Type: Article

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