The role of attribution beliefs, motivation and strategy use in Chinese fifth-graders' reading comprehension

Educational Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-95

  Law, Yin Kum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attribution beliefs; Intrinsic motivation; Reading comprehension; Reading strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249229793     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880802704764     Document Type: Article

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