Clarifying mastery-avoidance goals in high school: Distinguishing between intrapersonal and task-based standards of competence

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 268-279

  Madjar, Nir ^a   Kaplan, Avi ^b   Weinstock, Michael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect in school; Goal orientations; Mastery avoidance; Self regulated learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052506477     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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