It's not always just about the grade: Exploring the achievement goal orientations of pre-med students

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-245

  Horowitz, Gail ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Goal theory; Motivation; Pre med students; Qualitative; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849138139     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220970903352746     Document Type: Article

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