Goal structures and teachers' sense of efficacy: Their relation and association to teaching experience and academic level

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-193

  Wolters, Christopher A ^a,c   Daugherty, Stacy G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b University of Houston ^*  (United States)

^c Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic level; Goal structure; Motivation; Teacher experience; Teachers' sense of efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847674478     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.1.181     Document Type: Article

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