Why Do Some Students Avoid Asking for Help? An Examination of the Interplay among Students' Academic Efficacy, Teachers' Social-Emotional Role, and the Classroom Goal Structure

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 528-535

  Ryan, Allison M ^a   Gheen, Margaret H ^b   Midgley, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000917706     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.90.3.528     Document Type: Article

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