Group work at university: significance of personal goals in the regulation strategies of students with positive and negative appraisals

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-356

  Volet, Simone ^a   Mansfield, Caroline ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Goals; Group work; Motivation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58949094089     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360600947301     Document Type: Article

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