Science anxiety, self-efficacy, and self-concept of undergraduate biology students

Teacher Education: Policy, Practice and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 251-264

  Britner, Shari L ^a   Pajares, Frank ^b  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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