The development of an instrument to measure teachers' use of fear appeals in the GCSE classroom

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 643-661

  Putwain, David W ^a   Roberts, Christine M ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 70350337783     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709909X426130     Document Type: Article

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