Factors influencing educational motivation: A study of attitudes, expectations and behaviour of children in Sunderland, Kentucky and St Petersburg

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-94

  Elliott, Julian ^b   Hufton, Neil ^c   Hildreth, Anthony ^c   Illushin, Leonid ^a  

^a HERZEN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033074901     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192990250106     Document Type: Article

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