Goal conflicts and self-regulation: A new look at pupils' off-task behaviour in the classroom

Educational Research Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-38

  Hofer, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Goals; Learning regulation; Motivation; Off task behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247394215     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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