The influence of context-specific and dispositional achievement goals on children's paired collaborative interaction

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-374

  Harris, Amanda ^a   Yuill, Nicola ^a   Luckin, Rosemary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 49949107816     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709907X267067     Document Type: Article

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