Perceptions of parent goals and their contribution to student achievement goal orientation and engagement in the classroom: Grade-level differences across adolescence

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-39

  Gonida, Eleftheria N ^a   Kiosseoglou, Grigoris ^a   Voulala, Katerina ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientations; Adolescence; Classroom engagement; Perceived parent goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547216831     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173687     Document Type: Article

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