Performance-approach goals, task-avoidant behaviour and conceptual knowledge as predictors of first graders' school performance

Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-106

  Mägi, Katrin ^a,b   Häidkind, Pille ^b   Kikas, Eve ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Motivation; Primary

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949105068     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410903421323     Document Type: Article

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