Why grades engender performance-avoidance goals: The mediating role of autonomous motivation

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 683-700

  Pulfrey, Caroline ^a   Buchs, Céline ^b   Butera, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomous motivation; Evaluation; Grading; Performance avoidance goals; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051819728     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023911     Document Type: Article

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