Within-year changes in children's intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations: Contextual predictors and academic outcomes

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-166

  Corpus, Jennifer Henderlong ^a   McClintic Gilbert, Megan S ^a   Hayenga, Amynta O ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Developmental change; Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; School context

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349107098     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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