Academic achievement in the Chinese context: The role of goals, strategies, and effort

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 892-897

  Ho, Irene T ^a   Hau, Kit Tai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Achievement goals; Chinese; Effort; Learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CONTROL; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GOALS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 50949121358     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701836323     Document Type: Article

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