Personal and Interpersonal Motivation for Group Projects: Replications of an Attributional Analysis

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-311

  Peterson, Sarah E ^a   Schreiber, James B ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Cooperative learning; Emotions; Expectations for success; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860478866     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-012-9193-z     Document Type: Article

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