Measuring need for closure in classroom learners

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 711-732

  DeBacker, Teresa K ^a   Crowson, H Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Epistemic beliefs; Need for closure; Strategy use

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049099900     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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