Effects of age and achievement goals on children's motives for attending to peers' work

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Butler, Ruth ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0039568341     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835x.1996.tb00690.x     Document Type: Article

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