Buffering against performance classroom goal structures: The importance of autonomy support and classroom community

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-99

  Ciani, Keith D ^a   Middleton, Michael J ^b   Summers, Jessica J ^c   Sheldon, Kennon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Autonomy support; Classroom community; Goal structures; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 74649084591     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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