The influences of course effort, mastery and performance goals, grade expectancies, and earned course grades on student ratings of course satisfaction

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 667-679

  Svanum, Soren ^a   Aigner, Carrie ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS;

EID: 80455123743     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2010.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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