The Student Motivation Scale: Further testing of an instrument that measures school students' motivation

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-106

  Martin, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Educational achievement; Learning motivation; Secondary education; Self esteem; Student motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038583857     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410304700107     Document Type: Article

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