Studying motivational strategies used by two teachers in differently tracked science courses

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 349-362

  Pickens, Melanie ^a   Eick, Charles ^b  

^a Bob Jones High School   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective strategies; Science teaching; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649623189     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.102.5.349-362     Document Type: Article

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