Are achievement motivation and thinking styles related? A visit among Chinese university students

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-303

  Fan, Weiqiao ^a,b   Zhang, Li Fang ^c  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Chinese university student; Thinking style

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249114687     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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