A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INSTRUMENT FOR EVALUATING TAIWANESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' SCIENCE LEARNING SELF-EFFICACY IN RELATION TO THEIR APPROACHES TO LEARNING SCIENCE

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1275-1301

  Lin, Tzung Jin ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

approaches to learning science; high school students; science learning self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884756883     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-012-9376-6     Document Type: Article

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