Motivational beliefs, study strategies, and mathematics attainment in high- and low-achieving chinese secondary school students

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-316

  Rao, Nirmala ^a   Moely, Barbara E ^b   Sachs, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000699652     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1999.1003     Document Type: Article

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