Gender and motivation

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 351-373

  Meece, Judith L ^a   Glienke, Beverly Bower ^a   Burg, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Attributions; Expectancy value; Gender; Motivation; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748422800     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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