Perhaps the decision of some students not to engage in learning mathematics in school is deliberate

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-99

  Sullivan, Peter ^a   Tobias, Steve ^a   McDonough, Andrea ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effort; Engagement; Goals; Mastery goals; Motivation; Needs; Performance goals; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746214607     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-1348-8     Document Type: Article

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