Predicting student achievement for low stakes tests with effort and task value

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 609-624

  Cole, James S ^a   Bergin, David A ^b   Whittaker, Tiffany A ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy Value Theory; General education assessment; Low stakes test; Test taking effort; Test taking motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749098359     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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