A person-centered investigation of academic motivation and its correlates in high school

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-438

  Wormington, Stephanie V ^a   Corpus, Jennifer Henderlong ^a   Anderson, Kristen G ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Academic motivation; High school; Person centered approach; Self determination theory; Teacher support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861781797     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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