Students' attitudes and perceived purposes of physical education in Singapore: Perspectives from a 2 × 2 achievement goal framework

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-70

  Wang, John ^a   Lim, Coral ^a   Aplin, Nicholas G ^a   Chia, Michael ^a   McNeill, Michael ^a   Tan, Clara ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Attitudes; Enjoyment; Perceived purposes of PE; Physical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049095173     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X07085709     Document Type: Article

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