Life goals, approaches to study and performance in an undergraduate cohort

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-182

  Wilding, John ^a   Andrews, Bernice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33645311244     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709904X24726     Document Type: Article

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