Motivation and achievement: Is there an east asian model?

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1189-1212

  Zhu, Yan ^a   Leung, Frederick K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

East Asia; extrinsic motivation; intrinsic motivation; mathematics achievement; pleasure oriented motivation; productivity oriented motivation; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052204911     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9255-y     Document Type: Article

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