Achievement motivation among Chinese and Australian school students: Assessing differences of kind and differences of degree

International Journal of Testing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-294

  Martin, Andrew J ^a   Hau, Kit Tai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Cross cultural; Engagement; Measurement; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960551079     PISSN: 15305058     EISSN: 15327574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15305058.2010.482220     Document Type: Article

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