The importance of autonomy for rural Chinese children's motivation for learning

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 492-498

  Zhou, Mingming ^a   Ma, Wei Ji ^b   Deci, Edward L ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous motivation for learning; Autonomy supportive teaching; Motivation in China; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350029269     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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