Striking the right balance: Students' motivation and affect in elementary mathematics

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 271-294

  Schweinle, Amy ^a,d   Meyer, Debra K ^b   Turner, Julianne C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b ELMHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d Department of Counseling and Psychology in Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Flow theory; Relationship between student motivation and affect; Upper elementary mathematics classes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845294778     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.99.5.271-294     Document Type: Article

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