Motivation and its relationship with reading achievement in an urban middle school

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-101

  Unrau, Norman ^a   Schlackman, Jonah ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; Reading ability or achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751584764     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.100.2.81-101     Document Type: Article

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