Relations among achievement motives, autonomy, performance in mathematics, and satisfaction of pupils in elementary school

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 983-997

  Cock, Dagfinn ^a,c   Halvari, Halgeir ^b  

^a Lørenskog Education Office   (Norway)

^b Buskerud College   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

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EID: 0000555893     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.3.983     Document Type: Article

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