Exploring adolescent motivations for pursuing maths-related careers

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Watt, Helen M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Career choice; Mathematics; Motivations

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144456512     PISSN: 14465442     EISSN: 14465442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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