A Longitudinal Investigation of Motivation and Secondary School Achievement Using Growth Mixture Modeling

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-323

  Hodis, Flaviu A ^a   Meyer, Luanna H ^a   McClure, John ^a   Weir, Kirsty F ^b   Walkey, Frank H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Achievement; Growth mixture modeling; Motivation; Risk factors; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957803232     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022547     Document Type: Article

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