The development of english and mathematics self-efficacy: A latent growth curve analysis

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 196-209

  Phan, Huy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

developmental trajectories; growth of change; latent growth modeling; longitudinal approach; self efficacy; sources of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859553034     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2011.552132     Document Type: Article

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