Adolescents' goal orientations and academic achievement: Long-Term relations and gender differences

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-371

  Giota, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achievement; Goal Orientations; Structural Equation Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749818051     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031383022000024552     Document Type: Article

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