Factors affecting students' self-efficacy in higher education

Educational Research Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-108

  Van Dinther, Mart ^a   Dochy, Filip ^b   Segers, Mien ^c  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Higher education; Self efficacy; Social cognitive theory; Student beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957658100     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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