Elementary school pupils' evaluations of the malleability of their academic abilities

Educational Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-38

  Kasanen, Kati ^a   Räty, Hannu ^a   Eklund, Anna Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptions of academic abilities; Elementary school pupils; Malleability of abilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249231067     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880802704699     Document Type: Article

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