What Is It That I'm Trying to Achieve? Classroom Goals from a Content Perspective

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-115

  Wentzel, Kathryn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0006650623     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1999.1021     Document Type: Article

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