Judgments of self-perceived academic competence and their differential impact on students' achievement motivation, learning approach, and academic performance

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-536

  Ferla, Johan ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a   Schuyten, Gilberte ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Academic self concept; Academic self efficacy; Achievement motivation; Judgments of self perceived competence; Learning approaches; Perceived level of understanding; Self efficacy for self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149468415     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-010-0030-9     Document Type: Article

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