Does priming for mastery goals improve the performance of students with an entity view of ability?

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-409

  Thompson, Ted ^a   Musket, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TASMANIA; TEACHING; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 27644454175     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709904X22700     Document Type: Article

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