Relations among competence beliefs, utility value, achievement goals, and effort in mathematics

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 501-517

  Chouinard, Roch ^a   Karsenti, Thierry ^a   Roy, Normand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; EXERTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 35348821137     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709906X133589     Document Type: Article

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