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Chapter 1
constructs have been measured. Because new instruments have been developed to measure some of the constructs, it is important to provide detailed information about the process of developing these instruments, such as the reasons for item selection and item removal as well as explanations as to why certain constructs were measured in di erent ways in di erent studies. In Chapter 8, the two main research questions will be answered and the major conclusions will be presented. Here, we will also discuss the ndings, point out some limitations of the current research as well as directions for future research, and provide implications for practice in secondary education. Finally, Appendix I contains a summary of this thesis in Dutch, Appendix II presents all questionnaires (in Dutch) that have been used in the three quantitative studies with student samples (Chapters 4, 5, and 7), and Appendix III shows the interview protocol that has been used in the qualitative study with a teacher sample (Chapter 6). An important note is that, since this thesis consists of a collection of papers that can be read independently, there may be some overlap between Chapters 3 to 7.
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