Can 'attitudes toward biology course' and 'learning strategies' simultaneously predict achievement in biology?;'Biyoloji dersine yönelik tutum' ve 'öǧrenme stratejileri' birlikte başarıyı tahmin edebilir mi?

Egitim Arastirmalari - Eurasian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn , Issue 45, 2011, Pages 31-48

  Çakici, Yilmaz ^a   Aricak, Osman Tolga ^b   Ilgaz, Gökhan ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Biology achievement; Biology learning; Learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866091366     PISSN: 1302597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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