Engaging Students in Learning Activities: It is Not Autonomy Support or Structure but Autonomy Support and Structure

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 588-600

  Jang, Hyungshim ^a   Reeve, Johnmarshall ^b   Deci, Edward L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Engagement; Self determination theory; Structure; Teacher behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955721488     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019682     Document Type: Article

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