University students' achievement goals and approaches to learning in mathematics

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-153

  Cano, Francisco ^a,b   Berben A B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Fac Psicol Inst Neurociencias F   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049092723     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709908X314928     Document Type: Article

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