The goals behind performance goals

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 354-365

  Urdan, Tim ^a   Mestas, Miranda ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Adolescence; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745134370     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.2.354     Document Type: Article

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