Implications from self-efficacy and attribution theories for an understanding of undergraduates' motivation in a foreign language course

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 513-532

  Hsieh, Pei Hsuan Peggy ^a   Schallert, Diane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Attribution theory; College students; Foreign language learning; Motivation; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049087883     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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