Future goal setting, task motivation and learning of minority and non-minority students in Dutch schools

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 827-850

  Andriessen, Iris ^a   Phalet, Karen ^a   Lens, Willy ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOROCCO; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MOROCCO; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 33845521117     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709906X148150     Document Type: Article

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