A longitudinal study of achievement goals for college in general: Predicting cumulative GPA and diversity in course selection

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Durik, Amanda M ^a   Lovejoy, Chelsea M ^a   Johnson, Sara J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Achievement motivation; College students

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349104975     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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