Autonomous Motivation for Teaching: How Self-Determined Teaching May Lead to Self-Determined Learning

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 761-774

  Roth, Guy ^a   Assor, Avi ^a   Kanat Maymon, Yaniv ^a   Kaplan, Haya ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

autonomous motivation; autonomy support; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049016872     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.4.761     Document Type: Article

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