Understanding students' motivation in project work: A 2 × 2 achievement goal approach

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-106

  Liu, Woon Chia ^a   Wang, C K John ^a   Tan, Oon Seng ^a   Ee, Jessie ^a   Koh, Caroline ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SINGAPORE; TEACHING; THINKING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SINGAPORE; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 63049097751     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709908X313767     Document Type: Article

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