Assessing the school motivation of Hong Kong students

Psychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 144-154

  Watkins, David ^a   McInerney, Dennis M ^b   Lee, Clement ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; Hong Kong; Learning strategies; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744381813     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2002.144     Document Type: Article

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