The impact of social work research courses on research self-efficacy for social work students

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 639-651

  Unrau, Yvonne A ^a   Grinnell, Richard M ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Research; Self efficacy; Social Work Curriculum; Student Learning Objectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050713518     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470500185069     Document Type: Article

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