Profiles of the sources of science self-efficacy

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-21

  Chen, Jason A ^a   Usher, Ellen L ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Implicit theories of ability; Latent profile analysis; Science education; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875242646     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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