"Too complex for me!" Why do performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals predict exam performance?

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-434

  Darnon, Céline ^a   Butera, Fabrizio ^b   Mugny, Gabriel ^c   Quiamzade, Alain ^c   Hulleman, Chris S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral examination; Perceived difficulty; Performance approach goals; Performance avoidance goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549118045     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178759     Document Type: Article

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