The Joint Influence of Personal Achievement Goals and Classroom Goal Structures on Achievement-Relevant Outcomes

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 432-447

  Murayama, Kou ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

academic self concept; achievement goals; goal structures; intrinsic motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249126776     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014221     Document Type: Article

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