Understanding young adolescents' optimal experiences in academic settings

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-146

  Schweinle, Amy ^a,d   Turner, Julianne ^b   Meyer, Debra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c ELMHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Division of Counseling and Psychology in Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom experiences; Elementary students; Emotion; Mathematics; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649556999     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.77.2.125-146     Document Type: Article

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