Multilevel motivation and engagement: Assessing construct validity across students and schools

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 973-989

  Martin, Andrew J ^a   Malmberg, Lars Erik ^b   Liem, Gregory Arief D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

construct validity; engagement; motivation; multilevel

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650469838     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164410378089     Document Type: Article

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