Classroom environment, students’ perceptions of assessment, academic efficacy and attitude to science: A lisrel analysis

Contemporary Approaches to Research on Learning Environments: Worldviews

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-28

  Dorman, Jeffrey P ^a   Fisher, Darrell L ^b,c   Waldrip, Bruce G ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian College of Education   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84968867082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812774651_0001     Document Type: Chapter

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