Do performance goals promote learning? A pattern analysis of Singapore students' achievement goals

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-176

  Luo, Wenshu ^a   Paris, Scott G ^a   Hogan, David ^a   Luo, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Multiple goals; Performance goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953283179     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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