Self-confidence and performance goal orientation interactively predict performance in a reasoning test with accuracy feedback

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-282

  Beckmann, Nadin ^a   Beckmann, Jens F ^b   Elliott, Julian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy feedback; Goal orientation; Reasoning test

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249097723     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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