Sources of middle school students? self-efficacy in mathematics: A qualitative investigation

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 275-314

  Usher, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematics education; Motivation; Self efficacy; Sources of self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849117508     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208324517     Document Type: Article

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