Predicting the academic motivation of rural high school students

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-269

  Hardré, Patricia L ^a   Crowson, H Michael ^a   Debacker, Teresa K ^a   White, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

High schools; Motivation; Rural education; Student perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547481451     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.75.4.247-269     Document Type: Article

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