An analysis of Turkish high school students' metacognition and motivation

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-62

  Sungur, Semra ^a   Senler, Burcu ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Challenge; Competence; Metacognition; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849132192     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610802591667     Document Type: Article

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