Mathematics motivation and engagement: An independent evaluation of a complex model with australian rural high school students

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 283-299

  Plenty, Stephanie ^a   Heubeck, Bernd G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; High school; Mathematics; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054027740     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803611.2011.622504     Document Type: Article

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