Besides knowledge: A cross-sectional study on the relations between epistemic beliefs, achievement goals, self-beliefs, and achievement in science

Instructional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-79

  Mason, Lucia ^a   Boscolo, Pietro ^a   Tornatora, Maria Caterina ^a   Ronconi, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Achievement in science; Domain knowledge; Epistemic beliefs; Self concept; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872334242     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-012-9210-0     Document Type: Article

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