Students' Help Seeking during Problem Solving: Influences of Personal and Contextual Achievement Goals

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 644-658

  Newman, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032261916     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.90.4.644     Document Type: Article

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