Design-based interventions for promoting students' identity exploration within the school curriculum

Advances in Motivation and Achievement

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-291

  Kaplan, Avi ^a   Sinai, Mirit ^a   Flum, Hanoch ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Curriculum; Exploration; Identity; Intervention; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928568301     PISSN: 07497423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0749-742320140000018007     Document Type: Article

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