Teachers' communication of goal orientations in four fifth-grade classrooms

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-58

  Patrick, Helen ^c   Anderman, Lynley H ^c   Ryan, Allison M ^a   Edelin, Kimberley C ^b   Midgley, Carol ^c  

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

^b Frederick D Patterson Research Institute   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0002179734     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499692     Document Type: Article

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