Interpersonal relationships, motivation, engagement, and achievement: Yields for theory, current issues, and educational practice

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 327-365

  Martin, Andrew J ^a   Dowson, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Australian College of Ministries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motivation; Student behavior attitude; Student cognition; Student development; Teacher education development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349439241     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654308325583     Document Type: Article

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