Intrinsic, identified, and controlled types of motivation for school subjects in young elementary school children

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 711-735

  Guay, Frédéric ^a   Chanal, Julien ^a   Ratelle, Catherine F ^a   Marsh, Herbert ^b   Larose, Simon ^a   Boivin, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; WRITING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; WRITING;

EID: 77958577735     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709910X499084     Document Type: Article

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