Exploring diverse students' trends in chemistry self-efficacy throughout a semester of college-level preparatory chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 114-127

  Villafañe, Sachel M ^a   Garcia, C Alicia ^a   Lewis, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84898662883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3rp00141e     Document Type: Article

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