Social influences, school motivation and gender differences: An application of the expectancy-value theory

Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-175

  Fan, Weihua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancyvalue theory; Gender differences; School motivation; Social influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551490515     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2010.536525     Document Type: Article

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