Effects of an autonomy-supportive intervention on tutor behaviors in a higher education context

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1204-1210

  McLachlan, Sarah ^a   Hagger, Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Behavior change; Intervention; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952543190     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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