Teacher beliefs as predictors of adolescents' cognitive engagement and achievement in mathematics

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 319-328

  Archambault, Isabelle ^a   Janosz, Michel ^a   Chouinard, Roch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

achievement; student engagement; teacher practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864831323     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2011.629694     Document Type: Article

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