Middle School Students' Science Self-Efficacy and Its Sources: Examination of Gender Difference

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 619-630

  Kıran, Dekant ^a   Sungur, Semra ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cognitive and metacognitive strategy use; Gender; Invitation theory; Self efficacy; Sources of self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866733937     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-011-9351-y     Document Type: Article

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