Influence of motivation, self-beliefs, and instructional practices on science achievement of adolescents in Canada

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-259

  Areepattamannil, Shaljan ^a   Freeman, John G ^a   Klinger, Don A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Instructional practices; Motivation; Science achievement; Self beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955469174     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-010-9144-9     Document Type: Article

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