Predicting Singapore students' achievement goals in their English study: Self-construal and classroom goal structure

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 526-535

  Luo, Wenshu ^a   Hogan, David ^a   Paris, Scott G ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Classroom goal structure; Self construal

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052404565     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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