Why am I in school? Relationships between adolescents' goal orientation, academic achievement and self-evaluation

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-461

  Giota, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achievement; Goal orientation; Self evaluation; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749869899     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830600823803     Document Type: Article

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