A 3 × 2 achievement goal model

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 632-648

  Elliot, Andrew J ^a,b   Murayama, Kou ^b   Pekrun, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement; Competence; Goal; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051807650     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023952     Document Type: Article

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