Examining Hong Kong students' achievement goals and their relations with students' perceived classroom environment and strategy use

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-372

  Lau, Kit Ling ^a   Lee, John ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Achievement goal; Classroom environment; Hong Kong students; Strategy use

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849109569     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410701612008     Document Type: Article

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