Interrelations between self-efficacy and learning approaches: A developmental approach

Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-246

  Phan, Huy Phuong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic experience; Developmental change; Latent growth curve modeling; Learning approaches; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551489369     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2010.545050     Document Type: Article

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