The relations between student motivational beliefs and cognitive engagement in high school

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 463-472

  Walker, Christopher O ^a   Greene, Barbara A ^b  

^a University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Cognitive engagement; Perceived instrumentality; Self efficacy; Student belonging

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650079060     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.102.6.463-472     Document Type: Article

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