The effect of gender and grade level differences on achievement goal orientations of Iranian undergraduate students

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 968-972

  Fouladchang, Mahboobeh ^a   Marzooghi, R ^a   Shemshiri, B ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mastery goals; Motivation; Performance approach goals; Performance avoidance goals

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER SAMPLING; GOAL ORIENTATIONS; INTERACTION EFFECT; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; MASTERY GOALS; PERFORMANCE-APPROACH GOALS; PERFORMANCE-AVOIDANCE GOALS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

MOTIVATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 63049095154     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.968.972     Document Type: Article

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