Improving self-efficacy in statistics: Role of self-explanation & feedback

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Hall, Simin ^a   Vance, Eric A ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

On line technology feedback; Pattern recognition; Self efficacy; Self explanation; Statistics problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649539790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2010.11889583     Document Type: Article

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