Reflective thinking, effort, persistence, disorganization, and academic performance: A mediational approach;Pensamiento reflexivo, persistencia, desorganización y ejecución académica: Un enfoque mediacional

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 927-952

  Phan, Huy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disorganisation; Meditational process; Reflective thinking; Study processing strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952109994     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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