Large-scale school reform as viewed from the self-determination theory perspective

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-252

  Deci, Edward L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

First Things First; high school reform; psychological need satisfaction; self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149104126     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878509104329     Document Type: Article

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