Achievement goals and their relations to self-reported persistence/effort in secondary physical education: A trichotomous achievement goal framework

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-191

  Agbuga, Bulent ^a   Xiang, Ping ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grade differences; Motivation; Secondary students; Turkish

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349161049     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.27.2.179     Document Type: Article

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