Intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and academic achievement among Indian adolescents in Canada and India

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-439

  Areepattamannil, Shaljan ^a   Freeman, John G ^a   Klinger, Don A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Extrinsic motivation; Indian adolescents; Indian immigrant adolescents; Intrinsic motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052464281     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-011-9155-1     Document Type: Article

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