Students' needs, teachers' support, and motivation for doing homework: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-267

  Katz, Idit ^a   Kaplan, Avi ^b   Gueta, Gila ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional design; Homework; Motivation; Self determination theory; Teachers' support

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849101005     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220970903292868     Document Type: Article

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