Exploring students' reflective thinking practice, deep processing strategies, effort, and achievement goal orientations

Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-313

  Phan, Huy Phuong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Academic success; Achievement goals; Effort; Reflective thinking; Study strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449623418     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410902877988     Document Type: Article

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