Academic goals, goal process cognition, and exam performance among college students

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-265

  Okun, Morris A ^a   Fairholme, Chris ^a   Karoly, Paul ^a   Ruehlman, Linda S ^a   Newton, Craig ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic goals; Achievement; Arousal; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747817656     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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