The relation of college student self-efficacy toward writing and writing self-regulation aptitude: writing feedback perceptions as a mediating variable

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-207

  Ekholm, Eric ^a   Zumbrunn, Sharon ^a   Conklin, Sarah ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

feedback perceptions; higher education; self efficacy; self regulation; writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919860028     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2014.974026     Document Type: Article

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