Teachers' implicit theories of intelligence: Influences from different disciplines and scientific theories

European Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-400

  Jonsson, Anna Carin ^a   Beach, Dennis ^a   Korp, Helena ^b   Erlandson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Implicit theories of intelligence; Motivation; Teacher attitudes; Teacher education; Teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874342329     PISSN: 02619768     EISSN: 14695928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2012.662636     Document Type: Article

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